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wiring a tach, temp, and volts gauge.

mxracer5647

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my 2000xj doesnt have any of those gauges and i was thinking about adding them. how hard is it to wire up each one? and are there any other gauges you would add before those? i have subs and ive always wanted to know how much power the amp takes off my battery
 
It would be easier to just pick up a instrument cluster!
 
Just change the instrument panel. You don't even have to change the senders as the late models use the same senders for lights/gauges, all of the wiring exists.
 
ok but i kinda wanted to put in a pillar pod with the 3 gauges i thought that would look pretty cool and you never see them in jeeps. at least i never have
 
ok but i kinda wanted to put in a pillar pod with the 3 gauges i thought that would look pretty cool and you never see them in jeeps. at least i never have

You can do that, but I would change the instrument panel and then put different gauges in the pod--vacuum, if an AW4 trans temp, etc.
 
X2 agreeing with Joe here, I'd swap clusters ($20 at junkyard, make sure you get one out of a 2000) and then put other gauges in the pods. A tranny temp gauge and maybe an electronic compass are things I would add (if you don't get an overhead console for the compass.)
 
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