Installing AutoMeter guages

I hate the old mustang gauges. I promised I would replace them as soon as possible. Fortunately, the water temp gauge and oil pressure gauge would not work with the 5.0 sending units, so I had replace them. I figured now is a good time as any. Initially, I wanted white face gauges with a silver bezel. This turned out to be way too expensive (about $600). So instead I purchased Autometer Ultra-Lite gauges. These are silver on silver and a good compromise ($300). I also purchased a six gauge cluster for $70 or so.

The stock oil pressure and water temp sending units were replaced with the AutoMeter ones. Pretty easy to do, took about 30 minutes. The tach uses a wire already from the 5.0 wiring harness. I plugged in the stock fuel sending unit wire - we'll see what the gauge says. The voltmeter was just connected to the nearest 12V connection I found. I haven't connected the speedo yet. Overall the job didn't take that long, maybe 4-5 hours.