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(06-10-2010, 06:12 AM)Jmountney1 Wrote:

(06-10-2010, 04:17 AM)hardk0re Wrote: flux + solder + adhesive coated heat shrink tubbing - anything less is just cheaping out, you may aswell use masking tape.

2nd that. deff wasting your time with any thing but soldering them.

but connectors may work but they are not water tight and can corrode.

I will solder and shrink wrap all connections to be sure ... but when he said "tape" I'm pretty sure he was talking about simply taping all three lines together for the purpose of snaking them through the pillar and under the dash, don't think he was talking about the electrical connections ... that's how I took it anyway.

But anyway, each of the three gauges has four wires in addition to the sensor leads ... hot, ground, 0-5 volt, and RS232 ... so I think I'll combine the hot and ground for all three into one hot and one ground, and bundle all the 0-5 volt and RS232 runs together to run them to under the dash ... the wideband will be done separately.

Thanks all for the advice ... it helped ... and Kev, if the Focus isn't done I won't be coming out on Monday because I will be working on it - I have a track weekend coming up and don't want to miss it.