Hi are there any other gauges that work with mk sender? Cortina.cari etc
Cheers
Hi are there any other gauges that work with mk sender? Cortina.cari etc
Cheers
Hi, you should find most of them will work as they are all basically the same, a 5 volt coil gauge. The 5 volts comes from the voltage regulator on the back of the instruments. (It’s a pulsed 5volt out put). The problem is the gauge faces and needle set ups are fairly specific to each vehicle with the faces riveted to the mechanism, so even swapping bits around is tricky.
Cheers.im trying to find an after market gauge that is compatable with the fuel sender in mk2 escort not useing the regulator on back of instraments as im putting gauges in centre consol.cheers
Aftermarket gauges will likely be 12v powered so an Escort or any Ford 'sender' is unlikely to be correct as its resistance will be based on using 5v to the original gauge! There are 'gauge healers' that sit between a sender and gauge to correct the min / max. readings - CBS do them.
I bought a brand new Raceline sendor to use in an unknown make of fuel tank with RS clocks and it wouldn't work with them so I made a std mk2 sendor unit fit the tank and all worked well. The instuctions that came with the new sendor unit were about as clear as mud and there was no mention about which gauge was compatable.
Thanks guys they dont make it easy do they
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