Fuel Pressure Gauge NOT working.

[quick89gt]

Well, I finally got the NPT fitting for my fuel pressure gauge sending unit. It's an electric autometer fuel pressure gague. I hooked it into the fuel line, hooked up the wires to their corresponding terminals...but no dice...it still doesn't work. The needle doesn't even bounce when I turn the ignition on, so could that mean that I don't have it powered right to the ignition wire in my column from where it's supposed to get its power? I am 99.9% sure that I had that wired up though...Josh

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'89 GT, T-5,
Vortech S-Trim, GT-40P heads, MAC 1 5/8" headers, MAC Off-Road H-Pipe, 2 1/2" Flowmasters, Edelbrock 65mm T.B., Trick Flow Intakes, Crane 2031 cam, 1.7 Roller Rockers, Screamin' Deamon Coil, 255lph Fuel Pump, T-Rex, SVO Motorsport Clutch, Adjustable Fuel Pressure Regulator, Formula GP Suspension, MAC Upper & Lower Control Arms, FMS 3.73 Gears.
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[CJ's94GT]

On the wiring from the sending unit, did you hook the green wire to the terminal marked "wire shield" or did you use the bare wires wrapped around the other wires? I hooked the green wire (which doesn't get used) to the wire shield terminal but my gage still worked.

Now here's the dumb suggestion: If you put a fuse holder in the power wire, did you put a fuse in it? BTDT

[withamc]

Another thought - you might need to remove the Schrader valve insert (pin). I made that mistake when I first hooked up my mechanical guage.

[quick89gt]

I did remove the schrader valve. I got to thinking and I think I actually fried the gauge after I first installed them a while ago when I was testing to mark which wire was which. I had the wires hooked up at the gauge, but needed to mark them under the hood for when I mounted my sending unit, so I just took one of the wires and touched it to the battery and used a tester inside to find which one it was...welll.....it was the sending wire and the directions say not to touch the ignition wire to the sending terminal b/c it might fry the gauge. Well...i put a full 12v right to that terminal...I'm thinking I fried it, b/c everything else is hooked up perfectly...josh

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'89 GT, T-5,
Vortech S-Trim, GT-40P heads, MAC 1 5/8" headers, MAC Off-Road H-Pipe, 2 1/2" Flowmasters, Edelbrock 65mm T.B., Trick Flow Intakes, Crane 2031 cam, 1.7 Roller Rockers, Screamin' Deamon Coil, 255lph Fuel Pump, T-Rex, SVO Motorsport Clutch, Adjustable Fuel Pressure Regulator, Formula GP Suspension, MAC Upper & Lower Control Arms, FMS 3.73 Gears.
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