Adapter Plate

has anyone used this? or know if this will fit out trucks? i'm looking to install this oil pressure gauge i had since last year thanks in advance!

 

Yes it will fit. Mine is from Glowshift, but its always the same plate. I have 4 of these in service (Tacoma, BRZ, Polaris Ranger Diesel and a Kubota tractor), 3 with this same design, with no leaks. As long as you have the 3/4-16 thread you're set.

https://www.glowshiftdirect.com/oil-filter-sandwich-adapter-3-4-unf-16-thread/ this may be a bit cheaper.


My temp is after the cooler but this was the easiest place to put the probe.

 

Can you provide any details regarding how you mounted the gauges to the steering column? Very clean looking.

 

It's a Cravenspeed Flexpod.

https://www.cravenspeed.com/the-fle...MIzoWimqzY2AIVToGzCh3-CQ_2EAQYASABEgI-GvD_BwE

With any of the gauges you use, if you want to tie into the factory dimmer circuit for lighting you need to have a gauge with a separate power and ground for the light circuit. Many gauges have the ground for the light tied in common with the power connection for the gauge. This is needed because the PWM dimmer circuit in the Tacoma has one wire that is +12V to ground, the other wire will vary between 0V to +12V to ground.

You also would need to have either LED lighting or use LED bulbs for the gauge to be controlled correctly. Using an incandescent light on the Tacoma dimmer circuit won't dim at the same rate as the LEDs on the PWM circuit.

My gauges are a custom set of Autometers that have the separate light circuit and carbon fiber face with red needles to try to match the Tacoma's gauges. I tied into the lighting circuit for the light on the foglight pushbutton.

I had to experiment a bit to find the right color and intensity for the LED's in the bulb holder and eventually settled on Diode Dynamics HP3 5000k 194 bulbs. These match the factory intensity and color pretty closely. They fit these gauges easily but other bulbs or other gauges combinations may not.

 

Thanks for the info @DaveB.inVa!!!!