Glowshift Gauges good or bad

[fonecop1]

I am going to add a fuel pressure gauge and ran across Glowshift. I hear you get what you pay for and Glowshift is quite a bit cheaper that it's competition. Anybody got anything good or bad to say about them?
Thx,
Bob

 

[DieselCash]

They are junk and fall under the old term you get what you pay for. A few people have had good luck with them.

If you want a cheap fuel pressure gauge get a mechanical and run the tube with copper. There is a few people on here that have done this.

 

[fonecop1]

After some more searching I found some info where guys were having trouble getting the Glowshift to read the low pressures that our pumps run. And they didn't get any help from Glowshift. I will probably go with a Stewart Warner but I hope they don't have the same problem with the low pressure reading.

 

[chrisk1500]

If you are going to do something, do it right.

Find an autometer gauge....shop around on ebay and you might find a deal...

 

[GmcLbz]

I wouldn't recommend Glo Shift to anyone...if you would like I can shoot you some pricing on an Autometer, Diprocol, or Isspro setup.:thumbsup:

 

[Matt Bachand]

I like the looks of them, and the fact you can easily daisy-chain one gauge to the next to supply the power, ground, and illumination.

However, my fuel guage reads backwards, and support sux. The website anyhow. I've never tried calling them. I just got use to 1/2 means Full, and FULL means empty...

They look fantastic though. But Function is better than look.

 

[Crankme69]

Sunpro makes one, but the scale is 0~100 :rolleyes5:

 

[fonecop1]

I wouldn't recommend Glo Shift to anyone...if you would like I can shoot you some pricing on an Autometer, Diprocol, or Isspro setup.:thumbsup:

Please do

 

[buddy]

Glowshift digital guages suck. I dont know about the others. Tranny temp display lost half the lights for the numbers within 6 months, the fuel pressure doesnt register below 10psi, and the boost/vacuum gauge is nice, but doesnt adapt to changes in elevation, so its low a few psi at 5000ft elevation.

They did replace mine. Havent installed the new ones yet. They recognized their fuel pressure gauge doesnt work below 10psi, a sender issue. They couldnt understand how lower atmospheric pressure caused it to read boost/vacuum wrong, and I had to explain it.

 

[steelydan]

I have EGT and Boost from glowshift...no problems to report. Seem to work good in my Sub.

 

[ireburb]

I have a glowshift fuel pressure gauge. They kept sending me new sending units free of charge until I finally figured out the problem after performing an autopsy.

Our fuel pressure chatters a lot and the sending unit wears out prematurely due to the constant rubbing on the thin wire that measures resistance.

On someones recommendation I installed a "snubber" which is just a needle valve that I had in the shop leftover from another project. Ever since I installed the "snubber" I have had no issues with the gauge. I piped in a manual gauge under the hood with some extra tubing in case the electric one ever fails.

Some may ask why I went through so much trouble rather than just buying a better quality gauge. My answer: I had the extra parts in my shop and like tinkering too much.

 

[heyman]

Great thread i almost bought a set then ran across this thank-you all for your input.):h

 

[GmcLbz]

Please do

Pm sent, not sure how I missed this one...