Alot of dash work has been posted lately.I wish to offer some food for thought. If you have ever taken the AMP/FUEL from a 240 thru the glovebox it is a pain and its the easy way!! The 280's had a pigtail(screwed to gauge to plugable wiring harness connector about 6 inches long).They learned the error of the hand through the gauge hole holding gauge/wrench from glove box(what the hell would a lefthander do?).I would suggest adding a pigtail to the AMP guage given the chance.You will pat yourself on the back at a later date.Years from now you will want to remove it and that wrench behind the dash will twist the gauge post or at a minimum crack your dash with your hand thru the holeUnplug it and go to the bench.HMMMMM

Originally posted by Daniel

........I would suggest adding a pigtail to the AMP guage given the chance...........

Great idea! I recently bought a spare FUEL/AMP guage and it arrived with about 4" of the wiring still connected. Good thing I didn't toss the wires, as they will come in handy now! Thanks!

CAREFUL!!

The main reason the amp gauge is hard wired to the harenss is to PREVENT those wires from coming loose.

The wiring to the Amp Gauge is directly linked to the battery and alternator. A loose connection there, or just in plugging in the connector you stand the chance of a MAJOR spark.

You either need to make the circuit completely dead, (disconnect battery or disconnect the fusible link from the battery to the charger), or be VERY QUICK in connecting and disconnecting.

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Enrique

Originally posted by EScanlon

CAREFUL!!

The main reason the amp gauge is hard wired to the harenss is to PREVENT those wires from coming loose.

The wiring to the Amp Gauge is directly linked to the battery and alternator. A loose connection there, or just in plugging in the connector you stand the chance of a MAJOR spark.

You either need to make the circuit completely dead, (disconnect battery or disconnect the fusible link from the battery to the charger), or be VERY QUICK in connecting and disconnecting.

Completely agree with you Enrique. I always disconnect the battery before working on electrical stuff. Learned the hard way a long time ago about that one

The only type of connectors that I'd install for the AMP guage would be ones with positive lock mechanisms to ensure that they cannot disconnect due to vibration, human error, etc.