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Fri, 27 September 2013 10:24  |
Ray Erspamer
Messages: 1707
Registered: May 2007
Location: Milwaukee Wisconsin
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Good Morning
I've recently completed a 2 year project on my dash. I had two goals with this project;
1. To install a new double din satellite radio with new speakers for good quality sound in the cab.
2. To make room on my dash for an awesome electronic gauge system that I found.
Relocating & installing the radio was easy, I built a box and located it
between the regular dash and glove compartment. In the box I mounted the JVC satellite radio AND the existing
dash heater controls. Along with the new radio I installed 6 speakers. Two at the top center of the windshield, one pointing at the driver and one pointing at the passenger, the module I found is sold for use in a
Jeep Wrangler. Then two tweeters, one located on top of the dash on
each side corner, and then two standard speakers on each side panel near the floor pointing slightly upward. When the speaker setting are
balanced and set properly, it literally sounds like the music is coming
out of the windshield, very awesome sound quality. With the
relocating of the radio and heater controls it gave me plenty of room on the old dash area for my new gauge system. You can pictures of the radio and speaker installations here:
http://tiny.cc/tir23w
The 2nd part of this project was my new electronic gauge system. This
system consists of a sensor interface unit that collects data from a
variety of sources and sensors, it then transmits the data via cable to a colored LCD display which actually displays colored instruments and
data readings. The data I chose to display is as follows:
1. Engine RPM
2. Engine Water Temp
3. Transmission Oil Temp
4. Volts
5. Engine Vac
6. Left Front Wheel Bearing Temp (accomplished by installing a ring tongue terminal thermistor under the front wheel bearing zerk fitting).
7. Oil Pressure
8. Final Drive Oil Temp
9. Right Front Wheel Bearing Temp
10. MPH (accomplished by programming the system to measure pulses
generated by the Rostra Cruise Control Sensor. I do not have this
hooked up yet).
11. Outside Air Temperature (accomplished by mounting a temp sensor on the front grill)
12. Dash Heating & A/C duct temp. (accomplished by mounting a temp sensor in the heater top distribution box)
12. Engine Compartment temp. (accomplished by mounting a temp sensor in the rear of the engine compartment)
I got the system installed along with all of the sensors about a month
ago, it's absolutely awesome. I'm still tweaking a few of the settings
but on a recent trip it was great to see all of this information. Here are the pictures of the gauge display:
http://tiny.cc/efs23w
Ray Erspamer
78 Royale "Great Lakes Eagle"
Center Kitchen TZE368V101144
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin 53226
Email: 78GMC-Royale@att.net
414-484-9431
Web Site: http://ray-lisa.page.tl/
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Ray Erspamer
78 GMC Royale Center Kitchen
403, 3.70 Final Drive
Holley Sniper Quadrajet EFI System,
Holley Hyperspark Ignition System
414-484-9431
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