Lo-Tek A pillar gauge pod

myjeepwalks · **Posted:** Mon Oct 22, 2007 10:45 pm

Any body have the lo-tek a-pillar gauge pod? I just ordered it and am going to put a trans temp gauge in there and planned on putting and oil pressure gauge in it also but the oil pressure senders look pretty big and dont know if it will fit down where the current oil pressure sender is. Does anybody have one with an oil pressure gauge mounted? If not what other gauges are you using?

myjeepwalks · **Posted:** Mon Oct 22, 2007 10:47 pm

http://www.gaugepods.com/jeep.html

here's the link to the site

tjkoen01 · **Posted:** Tue Oct 23, 2007 8:38 am

i've looked at that before, very tight down by the oil filter. you could go with a mechanical gage to save space, but you will have to do some plumbing either way. i'm pretty sure you'd want to leave the factory sensor hooked up.

myjeepwalks · **Posted:** Tue Oct 23, 2007 3:25 pm

yeah i'm leaving the factory sensor. i have to do some plumbing to add a "tee". dont want a mechanical gauge becasue i dont want to run oil into the car. i'm gonna go with electrical gauge . i'll get it to work/fit. :wink:

Guest · **Posted:** Tue Oct 23, 2007 4:11 pm

tjkoen01 wrote:

i've looked at that before, very tight down by the oil filter. you could go with a mechanical gage to save space, but you will have to do some plumbing either way. i'm pretty sure you'd want to leave the factory sensor hooked up.

Not sure how true this is, but I've heard that on late-model Chryslers, if you lose oil pressure the engine automatically shuts down, so yeah, you'd definitely wanna keep that there:)

myjeepwalks · **Posted:** Tue Oct 23, 2007 4:34 pm

keeping the sensor for that reason and so the oil light on the dash still works.

WoodysKJ · **Posted:** Tue Oct 23, 2007 4:44 pm

I like my "Holly Crap" handle too much, I would not want one of theose.

KY Liberty · **Joined:** Sat Jul 09, 2005 1:46 pm **Posts:** 1195

WoodysKJ wrote:

I like my "Holly Crap" handle too much, I would not want one of theose.

They also cause a rather large blindspot. I'm taking mine off and going back to the HC handle since the nitrous system is coming off with the lift. They do look pretty cool though. They light up green like the other illumination in the Jeep. Most people think it came that way. Of course, I do get the remarks that it has boobs when looking from the front. I had a definate need for them when it was racing, but still managed to blow it up. Here's what they look like.

myjeepwalks · **Posted:** Tue Oct 23, 2007 8:26 pm

thanks for the replies guys! i dont use the handle that much anyway. i really want a trans temp guage and oil pressure guage since it doesn't have one.

MP Jeeper · **Posted:** Tue Oct 23, 2007 9:30 pm

Have you considered a scangauge? They monitor trans temp, oil temp and a huge list of other things. Plus they can read diagnostic codes and have trip computer as well. Doesn't look as cool as a gauge pillar but much more functional IMO. Would also save you all that plumbing as w/the scangauge you just plugin/un-plug.

Just a thought. :wink:

myjeepwalks · **Posted:** Tue Oct 23, 2007 9:58 pm

that thing is pretty cool. might pick one up some day. didn't see that it did oil pressure though? love how it can pull codes.

wildrussian · **Posted:** Wed Oct 24, 2007 7:01 am

how do you get the gauge on that pillar to read trans temp? Does it hook to the computer?

dkcase · **Posted:** Wed Oct 24, 2007 7:56 am

MP Jeeper wrote:

Have you considered a scangauge? They monitor trans temp, oil temp and a huge list of other things. .......

Are you sure ?
When I looked seriously at the Scanguage 1, it didn't output trans temp. If it had, I would have gotten it.
Maybe the newer model added it ?

elephantrider · **Posted:** Wed Oct 24, 2007 8:25 am

dkcase wrote:

MP Jeeper wrote:

Have you considered a scangauge? They monitor trans temp, oil temp and a huge list of other things. .......

Are you sure ?
When I looked seriously at the Scanguage 1, it didn't output trans temp. If it had, I would have gotten it.
Maybe the newer model added it ?

thats what i was thinking. i was really checking one out to see the functionality, but dont remember that it had any guage info on it, such as trans temp or oil.

thought it just pulled codes for ya and a trip od.

myjeepwalks · **Posted:** Thu Oct 25, 2007 12:37 am

jasonk wrote:

dkcase wrote:

MP Jeeper wrote:

Have you considered a scangauge? They monitor trans temp, oil temp and a huge list of other things. .......

Are you sure ?
When I looked seriously at the Scanguage 1, it didn't output trans temp. If it had, I would have gotten it.
Maybe the newer model added it ?

thats what i was thinking. i was really checking one out to see the functionality, but dont remember that it had any guage info on it, such as trans temp or oil.

thought it just pulled codes for ya and a trip od.

I dont know if it does trans temp. I knoe it doesn't do oil pressure. My EVIC does 75% of what the scangauge does. To pull codes i can just do the key on/off trick.

Anyway just ordered some phantom gauges from summit; oil pressure and trans temp. I post some pics once the parts arrive and i get them installed.

Rush345 · **Posted:** Thu Oct 25, 2007 2:54 am

dkcase wrote:

MP Jeeper wrote:

Have you considered a scangauge? They monitor trans temp, oil temp and a huge list of other things. .......

Are you sure ?
When I looked seriously at the Scanguage 1, it didn't output trans temp. If it had, I would have gotten it.
Maybe the newer model added it ?

I have a scanguage I, the II is more compact and you can change the back ground color. You are right it doesn't have a Trans Temp. Reading but it is great in so many ways, especialysince all you do is plug it in and set it where ever you want to see it easily.. Well worth the money :twisted:

myjeepwalks · **Posted:** Sun Nov 04, 2007 2:13 am

Ok got the gauge pod the other day. Still didn't order the gauges yet. Cant make up my mind which ones to get. Was looking how hard it would be to install the sending unit for an oil pressure gauge and it looks to be a nightmare. Im definatly getting a trans fluid temp. Still need one more gauge was thinking a voltage gauge or a water temp guage. Thinking more along the lines of the volt gauge since the kj doesn't have one. Any thoughts?

Rush345 · **Posted:** Sun Nov 04, 2007 3:07 am

Although i have praised the scan guage II , and I have the model I i can not give a greater praise to a gadget for the KJ since my purchase of the Model I, I have gotten better milage for no other reason then my monitoring the MPG of my Liberty
I could not give higher praise to a assecorie for my Liberty

Cowcatcher · **Posted:** Sun Nov 04, 2007 11:42 am

I got a $149 group buy for us on the ScanGauge II that I posted here earlier. Also there is a new software version available that has more features that was recently introduced. Older ScanGauge II's can be upgraded by mailing them back to the manufacture.

Rush345 · **Posted:** Sun Nov 04, 2007 7:41 pm

Cowcatcher wrote:

I got a $149 group buy for us on the ScanGauge II that I posted here earlier. Also there is a new software version available that has more features that was recently introduced. Older ScanGauge II's can be upgraded by mailing them back to the manufacture.

Shame they wont do it for a Scanguage I :cry:

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