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JayChicago

07-23-2017 @ 7:00 PM

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Steve
Not to worry, you are going at it correctly. I thing Kubes misspoke when he called that strap a "ground" strap. In this case its actually a "hot" strap. Instead of a short piece of wire to get the power feed ("hot") from one gauge to the other, Ford used a copper strap. Its an unconventional way of doing things, we normally expect all hot feeds to be in insulated wires and exposed straps to be used only on grounds, but this is what Ford did in this case.

The two wires you see at the Batt gauge is the hot feed to all the gauges. One wire comes from the ignition switch to provide the power, and the other wire carries power over to the temp gauge, where another hot strap carries it up to the fuel gauge.

The Batt gauge doesn't have a ground wire because that gauge is going to ground right there, into the metal gauge panel/dashboard. The other three gauges require a remote sensor/sender, so the ground side terminal of those gauges each have a wire that goes to its sender.

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Mike "Kubes" Kubarth, I tested the new gauge, goes in the green when motor rev'd. Took the one in the car out. It had the grnd. strip on the passenger side connecting it and the oil gauge, and the oil gauge had a wire on the other post, and it always worked fine, but (2 )green / gray wires in one connector to the GROUNDED STRIP on the volt gauge!!?? and NO WIRE TO THE DRIVER SIDE TERMINAL??!! Yet that old gauge read? How could that happen?? Do those two wires go to the volt gauge ? I would really like to talk with you on the phone about this. This typing back and forth leaves a lot to be desired, and I'm sure you could set me straight on this in (5)minutes. I'm afraid to hook thse two wires to the gauge! H_E_L_P!!

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07-22-2017 @ 7:46 AM

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Steve, you keep changing the post that you reply to for the same subject. I have no idea what you expect from the Forum or from those of us who are trying to help you, but when you scatter the topic among several posts, we cannot keep a logical stream of answers to your questions.

The people that answer questions on this Forum are volunteers and decide on their own, which questions and posts they will answer. Your previous post was rude and demanding, This Forum has always been for known for courteous posts and I for one would appreciate it if you keep this in mind before you post a comment.

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Tom, nor Mike"Kubes" have answered this thread. Please reply.

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Thaks for the help Alan. I'm learning!

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07-19-2017 @ 3:52 PM

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Steve, I think you got it! It just keeps all the apples together, and the oranges in another thread under the title Oranges, etcetera.

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It wasn't too much trouble to find the original thread, I just didn't understand the system.

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Aha, I think I got it. You mean I should always find and reply to my original thread about a subject! Don't type another to add info Etc, just reply, reply, reply on the original, so all are with the original! Is that it Alan? yes?-no?

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