Adding Gauges

[FawnaFox]

Hi, I have my FS-65 and it has the Hydraulic brakes, so no air system, but my OCD refuses to allow the two blank gauges to exist, are there any useful suggestions for gauges I would need? If not then some silly ones would work too.. I don’t really care.. I just need something to be there.. the blankness is bothering me..

 

[Rwnielsen]

I'd stuff an EGT in one of them (exhaust gas temp) and maybe a double USB outlet. Is that your actual mileage?

 

[FawnaFox]

I'd stuff an EGT in one of them (exhaust gas temp) and maybe a double USB outlet. Is that your actual mileage?

Yes! The bus only has 50k miles on it! (84k Kilometers) it was used for a ski chalet and then owned by a private school for 20 years, where it mostly sat around and occasionally was driven for the average school field trip

 

[Rwnielsen]

My 98 has 64k miles on it, almost 20 years parked in a heated warehouse. There, unfortunately, are issues with that as well. My "new" front tires had a very prominent date code showing of 2006. I removed the cassette player and VHS/TV combo.

 

[FawnaFox]

My 98 has 64k miles on it, almost 20 years parked in a heated warehouse. There, unfortunately, are issues with that as well. My "new" front tires had a very prominent date code showing of 2006. I removed the cassette player and VHS/TV combo.

Mine is also a 1998! And wow.. those are some old tires.. i thought mine from 2012 were old..

 

[Cheezewhiz]

Tachometer

Temp gauges for transmission and differential

I've been wanting temp gauges on my brake drums, not real sure how to go about it though

If you've got a turbo, a pressure gauge on the intake showing boost. ...hrm, maybe I should add that actually

Oil pressure, like an actual reading not just the emergency "it's low" alarm

Voltmeter -easiest to install!

thermometer/barometer/hygrometer for predicting the weather

 

[Rucker]

I'd just put a few stickers there for fun.

But if you care about your rig you should consider having someone install a temp gauge for the transmission-that way you can monitor the tranny on long climbs (or for anything unusual).

I recently added two trans temp gauges for my pickup, one on the outlet to the radiator, the other on the inbound line from the radiator. They were a bear to install. Once I've confirmed they actually add value I'll do the same for the bus.