Fitting HZ GTS Dash to WB Ute... Help Needed..

[wbute]

Not sure on the price for the sender. You might get one from Greg second hand.
Yeah filling the tank will tell you one way or the other. A sparky will help you out for sure if you get stuck. Watch what he does if possible, good way to learn stuff! Multi meters are great for this kind of stuff, but you need someone to run you through how to use them. I am no help for you I am afraid. Maybe Agro could give you some pointers if you asked him nicely.
By the way, its great to see your so keen, you will know old Holdens inside out before you leave school! You have a great attitude!!

[83 WB_Ute]

sounds about right but you need the correct one, im sure i read on here about an oil pressure gauge doesnt work because they dont have the correct sender

Yeah, the oil pressure sender is different between the light and the guage.. But the temp is the same..

Not sure on the price for the sender. You might get one from Greg second hand.
Yeah filling the tank will tell you one way or the other. A sparky will help you out for sure if you get stuck. Watch what he does if possible, good way to learn stuff! Multi meters are great for this kind of stuff, but you need someone to run you through how to use them. I am no help for you I am afraid. Maybe Agro could give you some pointers if you asked him nicely.
By the way, its great to see your so keen, you will know old Holdens inside out before you leave school! You have a great attitude!!

Yeah.. I'll se what happens.. I'll fill the tank and see how I go, hopefully it works and I don't have to buy a new fuel sender as well... Yeah will definatley watch, he has already helped me out a fair bit.. I have been learning how to use multi meters at TAFE, I am just to much of a stinge to buy one.. lol I'll probably get one once the car is finished and when I have a few more $$$..

Haha, oh well.. Not everyone is good with wiring.. lol I am shocking with it.. haha

Thanks mate.. I just like to do things to the best of my ability and make sure they are completley done and up to my standards.. Anything less gets done again.. lol Well at least if my ute breaks down, I wil know exactley what is wrong with it.. lol hahaha

[buck]

I know after pulling the dash out of mine and replacing the lights behind the taco ,warning lights , blinker arm, heater fan fuse wiring,ignition it is best to coat all the contact with a product like corrode cure or inox as all the contacts on mine had 31 years of dust and slight corrosion, otherwise you will be chasing stray earths everywhere, a multimeter is a must you can pick one up from supercheap for about $15.00 they work just aswell as the expensive ones espiecally only 12 volts, i have traced shocking earths in the heater fan and in the dashboard and moved the earths to more positive connections like the body with paint removed.
Hope this helps, only i know what you going through, it took me a whole day to find the broken wire in the loom for the heater.

[83 WB_Ute]

I know after pulling the dash out of mine and replacing the lights behind the taco ,warning lights , blinker arm, heater fan fuse wiring,ignition it is best to coat all the contact with a product like corrode cure or inox as all the contacts on mine had 31 years of dust and slight corrosion, otherwise you will be chasing stray earths everywhere, a multimeter is a must you can pick one up from supercheap for about $15.00 they work just aswell as the expensive ones espiecally only 12 volts, i have traced shocking earths in the heater fan and in the dashboard and moved the earths to more positive connections like the body with paint removed.
Hope this helps, only i know what you going through, it took me a whole day to find the broken wire in the loom for the heater.

Cool, thanks for the help mate.. You wouldn't have any pics of you dash when it was out by chance?? I was thinking that there may be some other earth that I have missed.. Hopefully I can get to it tomorrow arvo cause I have a free period at school last, so might sign out and come home and have a go at trying to fix it..

Its a pain in the arse isn't it.. lol I hate wiring, there is soooo much that can go wrong and it can happen when and where ever it like.. hahaha

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Ohh, and repco didn't have a oil pressure sensor, so I have ordered one and its on its way..