[SILVY968]

[quote name='Greimann' date='Feb 9 2006, 09:11 PM']What, you want me to work! The Daily Show is on! Ok, here:

The line runs through the grommet where the heater hoses run. Lie upside down in the passenger footwell and look up - er - down where there are two hoses protruding through the firewall.

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Thanks

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[SILVY968]

Dave,



Installed the gauges. Easy part. Getting through the firewall...yet to be done. They have got to be kidding. I can't get to the heater hose poke thru spot on the passinger side. I am considering training a monkey to help me with these projects. The size of my hands makes most of this stuff a " take out some stuff to get at it" project.

Any hints on how to get your hands up there? Glove box out?

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[Greimann]

What, you want me to work! Mythbusters is on! Ok, here:



The photo is of the grommet as I see it. The floor mat is the corner of carpet you see, so the area is not THAT buried. Certainly not behind the glovebox. When I ran the vacuum hose, I used 1/4" drip irrigation line. Cut the end of the line on an angle into a sharp point, like a hypodermic needle. Now I have a green wire through there for a water temp sensor. Fishing a wire through there can be done with the wire taped to a coat hanger. In each case, lube the penetrator with some soapy water.

   



If you still want to go the monkey route, I recommend capuchin.:

Capuchin Monkeys are diurnal and arboreal animals. These are very intelligent monkeys that are common as pets, trained performers, and therapy animals. Capuchin Monkeys are numerous in captivity in the USA and Europe. Organ grinders have used these animals for decades.

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[SILVY968]

    Dave,



TV reference?

Marcel the monkey - Black capuchin monkey with a white face seen on the sitcom FRIENDS/NBC/1994-2004. Marcel was an illegal exotic monkey rescued from a laboratory and given to Ross Geller (David Schwimmer), a New York City museum paleontologist.





Thanks for the pic. I'll lube up and try tomorrow. Now you've got me thinking about the girl in the blue top!



Thanks again.

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[Cloud9...68]

With my engine out, this is the perfect time to install a set of center gauges in place of the Sirius satellite console (the subscription to which expired about six years ago) I have in there now. There's a lot of good information in this thread, but with 968 Engineering long extinct, does anybody have any suggestions as to what to use for a faceplate? I'm also undecided as to the type of gauges to use. Oil temp for sure, but after that, I'm not sure. Clock? Already have one on the radio. Vacuum gauge? Always found them confusing, and with what will be a newly rebuilt engine, I'm not sure it would really tell me anything useful. I'm leaning toward a voltmeter since the standard one is so inaccurate, and possibly an oil temp gauge for the transaxle (since I'm going to be tracking the car a lot). If I ever add forced induction of course a boost gauge would be in order, but that's a ways off.



Another question - I'll snap a picture, but on the very lowest point of my oil pan, I think on the opposite side of the drain plug, there's a ginormous plug-looking thing, which seems like it would be a good place to tap the oil temp sending unit. Does anybody have any idea what this plug is for? I showed it to my neighbor who used to have a 944, and he had no idea. Thanks.

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[94SilverCab]

Flash fabricated some gauge inserts for the SC projct. maybe he has a spare laying around.



Jay

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[tamathumper]

If the insert can be made of plastic, wood, or maybe aluminum, I can crank them out pretty quickly on the CNC machine (given a drawing or the measurements).

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[flash]

i did indeed make one - in fact there is an entire thread about it



i am actually having some more made right now, but i only made what i needed for those who ordered the superchargers and wanted one - if i need to add one the purchase order, let me know now

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[tamathumper]

Doh! Sorry, did not mean to step on any sponsor toes!

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[Cloud9...68]

Flash,



Sorry, I must have missed that thread in my search. Yes, I would be interested in a panel. Still haven't decided which three gauges I'd like (oil temp for sure, voltage is a strong possibility, no idea what I'd like for the third...), but with the engine out, it will be so much easier to route any wires that I need. Thanks.



Tatathumper,



Thanks for the offer to make a gauge console, but if Flash already has a template, I think I'll just go ahead and buy one of his. If I was too late in responding and missed the boat, I'll take you up on your generous offer.



Speaking of routing wires and such, here's a picture of that giant plug in the oil pan I was talking about earlier. The top picture shows the plug from the outside, and the second one shows it from inside the pan, with the plastic tray removed. You can barely see the plug near the upper right-hand corner of the picture. Does this plug look like a good place to tap into for the oil temperature sending unit? Some people have attached it to the regular drain plug, but I'd prefer to attach it to something I never remove. What the heck is this giant plug, anyway?

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[94'968]

that plug looks like the one found on a 944 turbo where the oil drains from the turbo back into the oil pan. maybe you have a 944 oil pan? and because the lack of the turbo, there was no need for the hole so it was just plugged.

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[Cloud9...68]

Joel,



That's a pluasible theory; thanks, and thanks for posting the image. So I take it this plug isn't commonplace on 968 oil pans. It looks to be in a spot where there's plenty of oil circulation, so it shuold be the ideal place to tap for the oil temperature sending unit. Anybdoy see any problem with doing this? Thanks,.

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[flash]

as long as it is constantly immersed in oil, it will get its reading - if it is allowed to be exposed, it will get faulty or fluctuating readings

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