Over the last two weekend I have been installing new Autometer gauges in a Creative Compacts 3 gauge pillar pod. The gauges look great, and I found a new trick for running wires through the firewall where the main wire harness goes through.

Basically I snipped off the end of the "tube" (looks like it would be a rubber coated bolt) that is on the drivers side of the wire harness. One the end is off I took a Bic pen (with the guts removed so that it is just a tube) and slid it into the end of the rubber tube. A little dish soap was needed and it slid right in. The pen is plenty long to stick out both inside the car and in the engine compartment. Then you just run your wires through the pen (well, small wires anyway). Before you hook up any of the wires just pull the pen out of the firewall and the grommet will close up around them.

 

Love the gauges. Good idea for running the wires. I usually use the straightened coat hanger and some electrical tape trick, but this seams much better for running several wires.

 

great idea

 

wow. you area a genius. never thought of that

 

Nice work. Way to show even more of the ingenuity that is ScionLife. I'll definitely keep this in mind for the future.

 

what kind of guages are those? autometer ______ ?

 

nice trick.. i'm going to have to use that.

 

I actually do that at work all the time snap-on actually makes a tool for it. You just ahve to be very careful you don't hit any wires!

 

I actually have that tool, I have the one for 4guage wires though, a bit bigger.

 

Ya we call it the baby killer at work lol

 

Love how they look at night!!!! Nice work!

 

Nice, I love the new Autometer gauges. Phantom IIs looks good. Here are the sport comp IIs.

 

cant see the pic zero. Yeah those those phantoms II are the ones im getting , looks good

 

Those look really nice.

 

These are the Autometer Phantom II gauges... oil pressure, oil temp and voltage. They look great at night, not overly bright.

 

That's tight. Thanks for sharing.

 

I really like that. I've been debating on getting some gauges too. Makes me want them all the more.

 

hey when you installed your oil pressure gauge what T-clamp Size fitting did you use?