Carb swap concerns!

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Carb swap concerns!

February 11, 2009, 08:07:12 PM

Does anyone know what gauges I'll loose the function of by doing a carb swap? I have a 88' sport thunderbird with buttstuffog gauges and I'm not shure what else I'll have to re-wire with the swap. Any help would be great!
Thanks,
Jonathan

Carb swap concerns!

Reply #1 – February 11, 2009, 08:29:59 PM

When I ran a carb on my 86, I had no issues with the buttstuffog guages. The temp sender transfers to the carb intake. The rest remain intact.

Carb swap concerns!

Reply #2 – February 11, 2009, 08:34:46 PM

I was thinking that since my oil pressure and temp gauge wiring run through the EFI harness on the motor and run right to the computer via the harness I would have to figure out how to re-wire them...

Carb swap concerns!

Reply #3 – February 11, 2009, 08:46:34 PM

The wires can be left alone or spliced in if you are pulling the whole harness. I left most everything intact when I did my swap so I could convert it back later (which I ended up doing). The wires do not run through the computer.

Carb swap concerns!

Reply #4 – February 11, 2009, 08:53:44 PM

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The wires can be left alone or spliced in if you are pulling the whole harness. I left most everything intact when I did my swap so I could convert it back later (which I ended up doing). The wires do not run through the computer.

They don't run through the computer? Thats great! I just have to locate the wiring and pull it out of the harness. All of my EFI stuff is going bye-bye so I'll have to do a little splicing.