{"id":1833,"date":"2025-09-25T23:22:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T03:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bracketracer.com\/wordpress\/?p=1833"},"modified":"2026-04-13T23:24:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T03:24:06","slug":"gauges-for-the-c10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bracketracer.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2025\/09\/25\/gauges-for-the-c10\/","title":{"rendered":"Gauges for the C10"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The truck is a very VERY base model.  No radio, no gauges, manual choke even.  I figured I should have some gauges to monitor what the engine is doing so I don&#8217;t cook it unintentionally.  Longer term I may go with the upgraded instrument cluster with the factory gauges, but for now an aftermarket under-dash set will work.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bracketracer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_7793.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1829\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bracketracer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_7793.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.bracketracer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_7793-450x600.jpeg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">C10 under dash gauge wiring<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>I wired up the common power and ground connections on the back of the gauges, and also the lighting.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bracketracer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_7844-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1832\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bracketracer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_7844-1.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.bracketracer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_7844-1-450x600.jpeg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The volt meter worked fine, as that&#8217;s an easy connection.  The LS oil pressure sender was NOT compatible with these gauges, so I&#8217;ll have to use the sender that came with this gauge set.  Still not sure on the temperature sender that was on the right hand cylinder head towards the back, we&#8217;ll see what happens when I get it running.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The truck is a very VERY base model. No radio, no gauges, manual choke even. I figured I should have some gauges to monitor what the engine is doing so I don&#8217;t cook it unintentionally. Longer term I may go with the upgraded instrument cluster with the factory gauges, but for now an aftermarket under-dash [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,17,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-c10","category-electrical","category-engine-and-drivetrain"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bracketracer.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bracketracer.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bracketracer.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bracketracer.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bracketracer.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1833"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bracketracer.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1833\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1834,"href":"https:\/\/www.bracketracer.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1833\/revisions\/1834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bracketracer.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bracketracer.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bracketracer.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}