Looking into gagues for the future. I have found a set of max tow guages by glowshift. They seem just fine i was wondering if anyone had any experience with them. Thanks. I will be staying away from autometer by the way.
joebob3093
04-12-2014 02:46 PM
Glow shifts are junk, buy isspros
blakec
04-12-2014 05:43 PM
Good to know. Thanks.
lynyrdskynyrd95
04-14-2014 12:34 PM
Only complaint I have for glow shift is the boost line is very very cheap. Other than that they have been fine for me.
blakec
04-14-2014 05:15 PM
Do you have a boost line that bring the boost into the cab or do you have the eletric sending unit.
MAFoElffen
04-14-2014 05:58 PM
Originally Posted by blakec
(Post 1057741)
Do you have a boost line that bring the boost into the cab or do you have the electric sending unit.
I have Glowshift Gauges... All my complaints were with the Boost gauge.
Not real good quality. Boost line is thin... crimps and breaks easily. I tried to work around that. Biggest complaint resulted from the thin brittle line... which snowballed into other problems with it. Like... the original 1/8" npt-1/8" compression fitting that was on the same gauge. It was a half-ferrel (taper only on one end of the ferrel, instead of both), which those odd ferrels seemed to be impossible to source from anywhere, so once the original line broke, I had no other choice but to replace both the line... and fittings that had a standard ferrel type. I replaced all those with an Autometer install kit ($6.95). (That kit had all that.)
The latter ongoing complaint on the same gauge was that there wasn't a real smooth action to it. It sort of jumped as it moved. (my turbo spun up very quickly). Running other boost gauges seemed whole lots smoother than that one. My electronic boost gauge is smooth... And doesn't show those fluctuations, so I'm thinking it was that gauge....
But my gauges are not entertainment. Day to day I don't watch them all the time. On my electronic gauges, I have data capture and threshold alarms that throw warnings when there are problems. When I drive, my focus is on driving. I do watch my pyrometer and TFT fairly closely when towing though... I'm thinking maybe breaking down and investing in electronics on those also.
blakec
04-17-2014 09:28 PM
All right. Thanks alot guys.
MAFoElffen
04-19-2014 01:47 PM
Note- I just saw one of my friend's... He swapped his over to the quick-release fittings used on heavy truck trans air lines. I hadn't thought of using those (and I have some of those already!!!) That was a great idea. You just push line it and it locks. To release, push the end of the fitting in and pull the line out.
