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    Old Livorsi Fuel Gauge turned into Digital Volt Gauge

    I took an old Livorsi fuel gauge and gutted it using the housing to turn it into a digital voltage gauge for my 2 batteries. Able to tell at a glance condition and charging rates.







    Gary

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    Very nice work! PH
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    Nice work!!

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    Thanks guys, apprecate it.




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    Where did you get the internals at?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Euroski View Post
    Where did you get the internals at?
    Just a shot in the dark but I'm going to say same place he got his EGT's.

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    those gonna look good with those egts. very cool
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    Sorry for the delayed reply, been been real busy. Internals came from "Ebay" where else.....lol.
    Both digital units were ordered from Ebay, the bezel mount I made using .125 thick plexiglass and machined in the rectangle holes then painted the bezel white. Not a bad deal considering a total of $16 out of pocket investment. Gauge housing was donated by a fellow member, Emmett Calvert and the plexiglass was laying on the shelf.

    Dave, these weren't from the same supplier as my EGT's, but rather shipped directly shipped from China. I hate to send money over there but let's face it, you just can't buy this stuff here in the states for anywhere near what they sell them for. Besides if you could find it here, it'll cost you 5 times as much and still be made overseas, so ya can't win........lol.




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    Gary, nice work!! Like thinking out of the box

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    Quote Originally Posted by tux974 View Post
    Gary, nice work!! Like thinking out of the box
    Thanks, you know us retired guys have to keep our brains active or they send your a$$ off to a retirement home.........LMAO...




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    Update, installed and wired.............works great and looks right at home with everything else !

    I didn't give it much thought on how to wire these up so they'd key on and off with the ignition switch at first, it seemed so simple of an idea.......but, I'd like to add that this electrical install was an challenge (at least for me), how to reading 2 batteries on separate circuits and being able to have the displays come on with the ignition key. If your contemplating this mod, wiring sketch is available.






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    Gary, what did you use to cut the slots in the plexiglass? I'm trying to figure out where to get a small piece of plexi and be able to cut the slots as precise as yours so it doesn't look like crap. Just ordered the two LED gauges. Found an old livorsi gauge on eBay for $10, gonna buy that. Just need to figure out the plexi.
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    I have lots of small 1/8" plexi panels here so that wasn't a problem, the problem was making it round. Being that it was so small, I couldn't chuck it in my lathe so I jig sawed it on the large side, then ground it down on my disk grinder/sander to the scribed line and dressed it by hand for the final fit. Now comes the interesting part, how to hold it and cut out the 2 rectangles.........one could use a coping saw to rough out and a fine file to finish to do it if no other means were available, but I have a vertical mill in my shop with digital readouts and used a 1/8" dia. end mill and lots of coolant to keep the plexi from getting hot. Laid out a drawing on my CAD program on where the slots had to go to make them symmetrical in the plexi and centered as well as fit into the gauge cup, covered the plexi in blue painters tape, 2 layers to keep from scratching it, put in on the mill and went at it. It was allot to go through but the finished gauge stayed true to the dash lay out and blended right in.

    I water proofed mine by using a hot melt glue gun all over the exposed back and sides, then the final install was with hot melt glue into the plexi which is painted white "ONLY" on the outward face that way the hot melt glue had a good bite on clean/clear plexi.




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    looks great gary.

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    Thanks Fish, as always.....all that I do is a true labor of love for my boat.....




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