Police pod install on ATC equipped vehicle.

[gadget73]

nice pics mang!!


I didn't realize that thing had such direct control of the blend door!! I had always thought it was just a sensor, not a vacuum control as well.
I guess the other end of that cable is attached to the temperature lever on the HVAC control?

wheres that black air tubing go?? I assumed it sniffed out the hole in the dash...?

Ya mean this?



It goes through the firewall, to god now where? and the other end iss stuffed onto that damn sensor that i dislike so much

The black hose connects to the blower housing. It doesn't actually go through the firewall. Its what causes the sensor to pull air from the cabin. Inside the sensor, it passes air from the blower through a venturi to create vacuum. This draws in air from the cabin through the small slot in the trim. If the hose isn't hooked up, or if the slot is blocked off the sensor won't sample any cabin air. This causes the temperature to not auto-adjust as it should. it will cycle from too hot to too cold instead of stabilizing.

And yes, that sensor is the vacuum regulator. Thats why the system goes all stupid when the blue thing goes bad, its the man behind the curtain so to speak. ATC is remarkably easy to troubleshoot once you understand how it works. Most of the problems are going to be that blue thing, or clogs in the tube so it cant sample air. The lever in the dash has little to break, and vacuum motors basically work or leak.

[87gtVIC]

Here you go JOHN i bought the damn gauge. Now you have to wait for me to install it. Whenever i decide to.

[87gtVIC]

Some more teasers... Just placed in the car to see for clearance issues..and suprisingly i have none YAY!!! Ok going outside to wire up the lights and the airefuel gauge, giving the lights power and grounds.

[87gtVIC]

Here are some pictures showing the clearance i have.









I may look at installing that last gauge today once my dad comes home from work with some vacuum goodies.

[86VickyLX]

Fits like a glove!! Looks good mang! That vacuum tube reminds me of the tubing for the oil pressure gauge. Did you look at the distribution block yet mang?

[85crownHPP]

do yourself a favor, go to Lowes and buy a brass fitting with a small nipple for that gauge, and toss the tubing with the compression fittings. Small vacuum hose is much easier to deal with than that crap.

[87gtVIC]

LOL i just got done installing "that crap" and i must say i fucking love it. You know whats funny i actually went to Lowes today, but from autozone earlier i picked up a small vacuum hose just in case.

And yes John it is the same exact hose for the oil psi line. I had no problem installing the vacuum gauge hose, in fact it went super easy. and watching that thing fly up and down when your romp on it and let off is SO exhilarating.

Here is a picture of the hose fitted on the vacuum gauge.


Here is the end of that hose fitted into a vacuum T. (that is its final connection)


Here is where the hose goes through the fire wall. (wrapped in convoluted tubing)


Coming into the cab.


Nicely secured.


Two pics showing all of the slack i have.




And the shit that i had to go through to make this happen.

[85crownHPP]

well dang... that skinny tube does look easier to tuck away than a 1/4" vacuum hose...!
And i like how you did the bay end... very factory looking!

Don't forget it also doubles as an approximate fuel economy gauge... Gotta try to keep it away from 0... that's been hard to do lately.

[87gtVIC]

Yea they say it is an econometer or somthin. I like seeing it jump around, looks as if i will be filling up quite often now.

[86VickyLX]

Wow! Looks good!! Hey mang, did you put the vent duct back in?

[87gtVIC]

Wow! Looks good!! Hey mang, did you put the vent duct back in?

Yep i did.

And if anyone is annoyed at that sunpro tubing, all you have to do is boil a pot of water and then throw the tubing in it and it expands like a mofo, making it a breeze to work with.

[gadget73]

damn, how many guages do you have in that car? I count 6 and aren't you adding pillars? How many things can you possibly be measuring at once?

I like the police pods, they look pretty nice. I just installed one last night, though with a set of Stewart-Warners. Honestly the original Faria vertical guages looked pretty nice too. I really wish the equivalent panel on a Towncar was flat so I could install one on my car without it looking like ass.

[85crownHPP]

I think he's got oil psi, water temp, volts, amps, vacuum, and a/f ratio, and a tach.
I have 7 total as well

[87gtVIC]

damn, how many guages do you have in that car? I count 6 and aren't you adding pillars? How many things can you possibly be measuring at once?

I like the police pods, they look pretty nice. I just installed one last night, though with a set of Stewart-Warners. Honestly the original Faria vertical guages looked pretty nice too. I really wish the equivalent panel on a Towncar was flat so I could install one on my car without it looking like ass.

I originally had the pillars filled with gauges, but i wanted the police pod to delete the pillar pods.

I think he's got oil psi, water temp, volts, amps, vacuum, and a/f ratio, and a tach.
I have 7 total as well

i have 8 muhahahahhhhahhahha. Like pete said but a extra tach under the hood.Look on the passengers side fender well.



For why, who the f#ck knows, just had some spare time.

[87gtVIC]

damn, how many guages do you have in that car? I count 6 and aren't you adding pillars? How many things can you possibly be measuring at once?

I like the police pods, they look pretty nice. I just installed one last night, though with a set of Stewart-Warners. Honestly the original Faria vertical guages looked pretty nice too. I really wish the equivalent panel on a Towncar was flat so I could install one on my car without it looking like ass.

oh and i want to see some pics of your install