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Old 12-30-2010, 05:15 PM
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Kinda like what I was wantin' to do eventually. Have Oil Press, Boost, EGT and Water Temp on the A-pillar, Fuel Press, Fuel Level tank 1 and Fuel Level tank 2 (once I put the twin tanks in) right above the rear view mirror, Volt and Trans Temp in the steering column
 
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Old 12-30-2010, 05:54 PM
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Originally Posted by CSIPSD
They dont go out like that... Its pretty much an all or nothing deal.
not to correct u and i may be wrong but i was washin my truck one day (before i had the gauge) truck started to idle funny and act wrong all around. made it 2 miles and the hpop went out...now having a gauge may not have helped me but i still think its a good one to have once u have ur top 3 or 4
 
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Old 12-30-2010, 06:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Mdub707
I actually just checked the list of gauges he posted he had on PSN, he doesn't have an HPOP gauge! Must of run out of room in the cab for gauges? .
Acually I had the second Alpha HPO gauge built in the country...



Ran it for quite a while, but just a stand alone HPO gauge does not really tell you that much.

And if I dont have the gauge installed in the dash I want, I can reach into the back seat and grab one of these...



This is what I use for a HPO gauge, it gives me more information then just a HPO gauge will give me. Duty cycle is a HUGE part of HPO.



Originally Posted by riddick01
not to correct u and i may be wrong but i was washin my truck one day (before i had the gauge) truck started to idle funny and act wrong all around. made it 2 miles and the hpop went out...now having a gauge may not have helped me but i still think its a good one to have once u have ur top 3 or 4
Again, A HPO gauge would not have given you any more warning then that. Are you sure it was your HPOP and not the IPR? When you replaced one did you or they replace both???

Just asking, because it is VERY rare for a HPOP to break.
 
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Old 12-30-2010, 06:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Diesel_Daddy6.0
Kinda like what I was wantin' to do eventually. Have Oil Press, Boost, EGT and Water Temp on the A-pillar, Fuel Press, Fuel Level tank 1 and Fuel Level tank 2 (once I put the twin tanks in) right above the rear view mirror, Volt and Trans Temp in the steering column
Isspro can make you a fuel level sender and provide you with a fuel level gauge... I run one for my 110 bed tank.
 
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Old 12-30-2010, 07:30 PM
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the truck was under warranty at the time so i dropped it off and they worked on it so im not 100% sure what it was but they told me it was the hpop (they could be lying) and in the time under my warranty (100k in 4 yrs) i went through 4 hpops...atleast thats what the paper work said
 
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Old 12-30-2010, 07:49 PM
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Originally Posted by riddick01
the truck was under warranty at the time so i dropped it off and they worked on it so im not 100% sure what it was but they told me it was the hpop (they could be lying) and in the time under my warranty (100k in 4 yrs) i went through 4 hpops...atleast thats what the paper work said
More the likely they thru a new IPR and New HPOP at the same time... I doubt you went thru 4 of them, more like you had 4 IPR issues...
 
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Originally Posted by Diesel_Daddy6.0
My girlfriend bought me a triple pillar pod and I have no idea what to put as the 3rd gauge. I'm doin' EGT and boost. The truck is a stick so there's not much need for trans temp, and my water temp in the dash is fine so I don't need that.
Skip the boost. EGT, Fuel Pressure and EOT is what I would get. Or get a Scan gauge in place of EOT.
 
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Old 01-12-2011, 01:19 PM
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Too bad you couldn't get an ET till 6.0 blows up guage
 
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Originally Posted by tiremann9669
Too bad you couldn't get an ET till 6.0 blows up guage
Yeah they're called oil temp and coolant temp. Tells you when oil cooler is failing which leads to blown egr coolers and headgasket failure in 99% of cases.
 
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Fuel pressure, EOT, ECT and EGT if you got any kinda of custom tune or havey towing.
 


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