No More Guessing . Installing AFR gauge in the K10 pickup

In this video I install a AFR gauge in the original gauge cluster of the K10 pickup . I love the way it takes the guess work out of tuning . Always better to have the information than not.
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[@bowser633]

That shop coffee delivery system is awsome! Very discrete 🙂

[@andrewwilliston5798]

From what the truck was to what you've made it to is really inspiring. I really enjoy all your videos, truly entertaining and informative

[@mkidd8806]

At the 16:20 thru 16:24 your love of your life quietly put a cup of coffee on the work bench. YOUR A BLESSED COUPLE! GOOD SUNDAY video. Thank you.

[@jservice6594]

If it were me, I would have done just fine with the instruments and then crawl under the truck, get all turned around and weld the bung onto the drive shaft. There's a bunch of things I can no longer do and chew gum at the same time. That list is growing. Nice job, Steve.

[@oh8wingman]

You might want to try a product called "Plexus" to clean and restore the plastic. Plexus was originally developed to keep aircraft windshields and side windows looking fresh and new. Plexus is actually a wax that penetrates into any pores that might be in the plastic surface and fill small scratches to restore plastic surfaces. I use it on my motorcycle windshields and it keeps them in a like new condition. All of the small scratches that make windshields look hazy are gone. In your case, the life expectancy would be very long (maybe a year or more) since there is no exposure to the elements.

[@mattmanyam]

Plexus is a fantastic product.

[@pepcatch11]

I agree. If Keenan Tatro of Tatro Machine recommends, it has to be good👍

[@mattmanyam]

I should add that one of the biggest benefits of using Plexus to restore an item like that, is that it dissipates the static that builds up on the item, causing them to require constant cleaning (often with aggressive cleansers, that contribute to the haziness of the item.

[@ronwhite6719]

Saturday AND Sunday having coffee with Steve, love it. Great upgrade for the truck!

[@SteveSummers]

Thanks Ron👍

[@patrickcolahan7499]

Nice installation. Very clean looking. Truck really looks and sounds great. Thanks for sharing.

[@kibi15]

Saturday AND Sunday! I could get used to this, thank you very much!

[@stevebark4873]

Great idea Steve. A couple of suggestions though. When I cleaned up the cab of my recently purchased 2000 Ford Ranger “in a basket” I also cleaned the instrument cluster. In the trans gear indicator window I used a label maker to name the truck “ Judy’s truck “. I also used headlight polish to polish the instrument cluster lens. Made it look much nicer.

[@frankmarson2425]

you beat me to it I have even used a fine cut and polish with a buff

[@oregonexpat]

Steve! Unexpected but very welcome! Thanks for the extra work! If you find it helpful, toothpaste can do a good job of taking out the scratches and hazing from your transparent plastic gage shield. Saves a few dollars. And has a nice minty fragrance, Lol.

[@marklatham5692]

I was actually thinking that a headlight restoration kit would take out those scratches and add some UV protection at the same time. Hmmmm, I wonder how many other comments have said the same thing. lol

[@mdouglaswray]

NICE work with the plastic welder - not a lot of folks even know what those ARE. Beautiful install. That truck is near show quality! Thanks for letting us watch!

[@davewarrant8673]

Great Video, I appreciate you taking the time.

[@davebarron5939]

Very good, I am looking at this as a way of long term monitoring an LS swap, appreciate the video, and agree with the NO "boy racer" look. Cheers!

[@AirfixLtd]

There was a lot of MAGIC in this edition Steve: Firstly, @ 07:30 mins you magically filled your fuel tank just by moving the fuel gauge needle! - Wow, I wish I could fill the fuel tank of my truck up so easily and cost effectively. Secondly, @16:23 mins, magically a refreshing drink arrived on your bench.

[@SteveSummers]

😄

[@fredmeebley]

Beautiful truck, nice work..

[@elsdp-4560]

Thank you for sharing. Very nice addition to the square body. Nice installation. Very much enjoyed.👍👀

[@kennethwhite7829]

I do believe Steve has a new co star on his videos... his rescue dog 🐕...

[@theshed8802]

Nice job Steve. Just remember that 12.5:1 is a full load a/f ratio. 14.7:1 gives best emissions, and 15.5:1 is for fuel economy. Lean on cruise, within reason, is what you are trying to achieve. Some of the later efi stuff is much leaner than that when in lean cruise mode. As you load the motor up, and it goes lean, then you adjust the power valve circuit add the extra fuel. Changing the power valve brings the circuit in sooner or later, as required. Jet changes are easy, which is why we do them the most, but we do tend to do them to cover other issues. Often because we don't know any better. Properly setting up a carby can send you miles down a rabbit hole... regards Greg

[@rolandbraithwaite1027]

used to use a soldering iron for plastic welding

[@oregonexpat]

So have I. Does a pretty good job as long as the tip is clean.

[@johnmccanntruth]

2 in one weekend, cool! Nice install putting that in the gauge cluster, I would have never thought to do that, or attempted it.

[@hugosales8102]

The irony of the Holley EFI sweater when working on a carbureted truck, tho

[@ApacheHavoc25]

Plastic welding is very common in semiconductor industry for example! It's used for welding tanks or double containment boxes to prevent chemical spills. A very nice tool to have. :) As always a very nice video Steve!

[@staciedziedzic8706]

Hi! What a nice surprise seeing you on a Sunday! My dad loved cars! My favorite was the Audi! He took me for a drive in it and that was awesome! Thank you for the upload!

[@kendavis8046]

Two videos on one weekend! Thanks, Steve.

[@glennmoreland6457]

That's a great truck

[@mdvener]

Very informative video. Fall colors are great. I'm in southwest Florida and your trees have more leaves and are upright most of ours are laying on there side from Ian.150 to 200 mph winds. We were very lucky, so much more than most. But really enjoy Saturday morning with you. I learn something every Saturday. Thanks so much.

[@gbentley8176]

Seems your new family member has turned out to be an excellent companion for you when you are in your workshop. My old Alsation always lay in the sawdust heap when woodworking, never in his bed. Thanks for posting. Am enjoying my tea from a certain squirrel mug. Best from the UK.

[@scottwheeler2494]

They do sell a good non-welding bung installation kit. Or your local muffler shop can install one if you don’t weld. It’s really a great tool for old school carb setups. I would still go with one of the EFI kits if I was going to all the trouble of rebuilding my engine. Holley makes it too easy for not a lot of money in the big scheme of things. But if your restoration demands sticking with a carburetor, a gauge like this really is a big bonus for drivability, economy, and maintaining your car or truck. Thanks for showing us your install!

[@charlieromeo7663]

I couldn’t agree more. I put an EZ 2.0 EFI system on my 68 Camaro SS when I installed the 509 CI engine. FI is far and away is the best modification I’ve done to this car in 38 years of ownership. I hit the key and drive.

[@Bob_Adkins]

I'm happy that you got closer to a stoichiometric burn! And some coffee.

[@PG-ku9qd]

Damn, Steve! Multiple videos in a row. Turns out you made my weekend that much better. Thanks!

[@bigkenny66]

Our modern FADEC systems in autos can be really good depending on what they are tuned for. Lean cruise is great and is why my '07 Ford V6 gets 28 MPG on the highway with cruise on. What we wouldn't all give for that kind of data in a carbureted old school system now. Wait, 200 bucks? SOLD!!!!!

[@Uncleroger1225]

Goo morning Steve,Elizabeth, Cora, but no Grits. On vacation in Florida. Thanks again for sharing your journey. That gage in the clock hole is most proper!

[@SteveSummers]

Enjoy the vacation 😎

[@halfnelson6115]

Steve, if you ever have your dash apart again you could try rubbing compound on that clear cover. Might take away some of that haziness. Truck sounds great bro. Great job on the resto.

[@220years7]

Thanks!

[@matambale]

Thank you for the unexpected Sunday Summers Session!

[@josephking6515]

I was shocked, just shocked I tell you that when you were plastic welding that you neglected to apply any plastic flux to make for better joints. I now have to go and take some Prozac to bring my equilibrium back to normal. You could have alleviated my apprehension Steve if you had just applied some plastic welding flux. I hope you sleep well to night after you egregious omission. 😁 ( _10 minute later_ ) WOW.....cool man.......😎........rock on. 🤙 *Thank You* for the video Steve. That seems like a much better system than the EGT gauges we had in our piston engine aircraft that we leaned to 50° lean of peak if I remember correctly.

[@bobblack3870]

The clear plastic haze: check out videos on how headlight plastic can be restored. Sanding, buffing, clearcoat might be a permanent fix.

[@bobtherat99]

Thanks ... Cora is adorable.

[@sawz5]

I worked at a VW dealership right out of high school and had a kid that brought a disco light in to be mounted in his hopped up VW. about 2 weeks later he came back and told me"take it out". he said his girl friend said " if he wanted to park and watch that stupid light he could park by himself". lesson learned!

[@jobos98]

Awesome addition to the new engine. It's coming together in a great way. 😁✌️👍

[@smplyizzy]

Interesting but I would have saved up for one of those Holly EFI systems and just replaced the carb.

[@paulcopeland9035]

The "affordable" Sniper system is around $1500 at Summit. Very nice setup and a problem solver in a lot of cases. Steve's situation is different. He has a new carb and engine. It is running quite well. He is comfortable with carburetor operation and adjustment. A well maintained carbureted system will work perfectly and save him quite a few bucks!

[@Disneymkvii]

Nice job on that install! I use WB02 a lot. Only tips I can offer is to basically ignore the WB at idle speeds if you have a cam with some overlap as the exhaust will draw in fresh air at low engine speeds. For idle use vacuum and rpm to dial AFR and WB02 over 1500rpm or so.

[@AirfixLtd]

Thanks for letting me in early today Steve. 😀

[@SteveSummers]

You are more than welcome friend

[@samrodian919]

A great install Steve, and good that you had the information to get the AFR correct so you are no longer running it on the lean side. Pity it wasn't running rich coz you would have saved money on gas! Lol

[@danielboughton3624]

a few decades ago I did a voltage divider with a LED bar for the indicator and a one wire sender. Pretty inexpensive to do that way and you don't really need a heated sender for this application. I won't go into setting the bits up because it has been well covered below. Once the bits are set up then the value of having it in the dash kind of goes away. I made mine easy to remove.

[@steveholbrook4729]

nice unit

[@andrewstoll4548]

Now you're going to have to replace the other gauges to make them all look the same.

[@jonathanjones7319]

Your truck reminds of the show from 80's. Can't remember for sure, I'm thinking fall guy.

[@tda2806]

My weekend just got better, a second Steve Summers' video, could only be better if you did a live stream as well!

[@tosselton291]

You can play with the acceleration pump cam settings to cut down on the amount of gas sprayed into the venturi it's amazing just how much is sprayed when pumped.

[@donald4416]

Hey that really cool gauge I can install that in my '88 suburban So I can dial it in lot better that doing what you said by ear, smell exhaust, spark plug color etc. I'm 66 age and old school suburban. And hey in your video your speedometer was not working might want check hook up.

[@TheScoob71]

Great video Steve but did you see that big foot in your window 😂

[@cennsa140driver]

A Harbor freight 3 inch air polisher and polishing compound will make that clear cover plate look like new!

[@jsps2405]

I like your AVE hoodie👍

[@alanharney5278]

Cora is the photobomb expert.

[@1ginner1]

We in the UK need to be doing stuff like this the way fuel prices are at the minute. I drive a Volvo C30 1.6ltr , pretty boring I know), It costs me $100 for 45ltrs of diesel so I could do with some fuel saving measures.

[@gregm312]

nice kit

[@dans_Learning_Curve]

Something I might try in my 1958 Plymouth with a 318 poly.

[@ke9tv]

A bunch of extra gauges looks tach-y. I see what you did there.

[@johnrogers2387]

I love the clean install. But having that bright gauge at mite be a distraction. I would have looked into hooking light into the gauge light cluster. (If compatible with the other light cluster amps) So I could dim it at night.

[@lloydbaker7099]

Great content

[@jsteifel]

very cool. Impressive the changes you were able to dial into. BTW Novus will clean up that clear plastic and make it look new. OR Flitz which I have used to polish metal and my headlights before Novus. Either will work.. Flitz being more useful, Novus being better..

[@lennym1636]

I use to use a vacuum gauge to tune carbs...

[@richardbrooks3569]

I looked up the Bobbies Uncle expression you used and the closest I could find was Bob's your uncle. It means the same as tada or there you are, or other such things. That's a fine -looking truck. I wonder if you'll ever be satisfied with it.

[@waynep343]

Using the air fuel ratio gauge. Bring up engine speed to around 1700 rpm. This should be just below the speed the primary boosters start to trickle. If you are lean. Increase the idle feed restrictions by 0.001" test again. To test the primary air fuel ratio. Bring the rpms up to 3500 to 3700 rpms. Is it lean or rich. Change the primary jets and retest. After you get the primary air fuel ratio set. The secondary air fuel ratio is checked during hard acceleration but you need to not go to wide open throttle as you have to observe the air fuel ratio with close to wide open throttle manifold vacuum above the power valve opening pressure. So the power valve is not enriching the overall air fuel ratio.

[@ianide2480]

Welder AND patience? Well damn, this leaves me out...

[@PSUK]

2 in one weekend? 👏

[@SteveSummers]

Yep :-) Thanks for tuning in buddy

[@ozzyfranf]

I condone hackery!!

[@SuperPsychoDave]

You opened up with an Holley EFI hoodie on, why not go that route?

[@WilliamTMusil]

Hiya Steve

[@richardforrest5781]

Hi....you can polish that clear lens to new condition. Buffing wheel with fine compound or maybe headlight polishing kit.

[@randylang2584]

Boy I sure could use that trans indicator

[@jeffgray2954]

You should do a collaboration with Visegripe Garage

[@BobOBob]

At the point where you began TIG welding, it occurred to me that this particular installation project is "right up your alley" professionally speaking. At least more so than many of your video projects. Coincidentally, I recently joined a start-up making laser spectroscopy sensors, which will principally be used to examine combustion exhaust streams.

[@cersos]

By eye, by ear, by foot, by feel. By the seat of my pants. Reading spark plugs, smelling exhaust gasses. But I'm no expert. Jesus man, I'd say your an expert.

[@SteveSummers]

I know enough to be dangerous 😳

[@shephusted2714]

you should goto efi - it runs with afr will make truck run better - more than likely - regardless going to no guess mode is good - logging data is a great idea - please followup with that solution too

[@gajdjamdk8338]

hi steve. try polishing the plexiglass trim on the speedometer)

[@lukebuholzer5064]

I usually do welding on flexible PVC once a year. It looks horrible and the pro that comes in to do it properly gives me crap every year😄

[@TotoGuy-Original]

That is quite a nice gauge cluster im pretty sure you could change all of them to aftermarket ones if you really wanted to

[@Cliff_Anderson]

Main jets for cruise, power valve for WOT. It's not a racecar :) Ignore the transients until you get the jetting right...the accel pump will give you all kinds of headaches if it's active.

[@-EC002-]

The gauge isn't saying it needs to be richer... It's saying "gimme some Nitrous Oxide" go on, you know you want to! 😂

[@yambo59]

Also make sure the IGNITION TIMING is set correctly-!

[@WoLpH]

I wonder if hot glue wouldn't work just as well or better than the plastic welding here. Less chance of melting the wrong things that way ;)

[@rleeAZ]

Spot where you eliminated the PRNDL would be nice spot for a digital clock.

[@rapidride2]

The question is... how do you know what AFR is best? Each engine will have most power/efficiency with different AFR's than what are considered ideal.

[@SteveSummers]

What's best isn't what I'm after . I'm looking for safe and not so rich that it wastes more fuel than it already does 👍

[@Farm_fab]

I bought a digital tach like your blue one for a friend of mine. He tried it, but evidently it was malfunctioning. He wasn't able to use it. Hopefully yours works well.

[@troymilleraz]

👍

[@bcbloc02]

I would not be worried about cruise afr in the 15-16 range. Will be interesting to see if the extra fuel you added Gains any mpg. What are you getting now?

[@SteveSummers]

I'm not sure on the MPG yet, got to get my speedometer working 1st then I will play around. It seems to run a bit better after adding a bit more fuel.

[@WilliamMunny-d8s]

how does this cab mounted gauge help you dial in the carb when all the adjustments are ON THE CARB under the hood? do you twist bleed screw then run to the cab? twist the choke then run to the cab?

[@oldschool1993]

So, does this thing have a memory function so you can save readings from idle, cruise, acceleration etc. or do you have to drive along watching the gauge and then try to remember all the results?

[@SteveSummers]

You can log data but the gauge doesn't record on its own

[@anomalous9448]

I don’t have a welder. Do you think jb weld would hold the O2 sensor housing on the exhaust pipe?

[@deltapparo4451]

It would have been nice if you explained what the units of the gauge are? 14 what? And how did you know 14 was too lean? Where did you get that info?

[@SteveSummers]

Air fuel ratio is a pretty deep subject There are some fantastic videos covering the topic on KZbin already that go into great detail. The topic really requires its own video.

[@budlanctot3060]

It's a ratio, just a number. Ratio of air to fuel.

[@genes203]

That clear plastic piece instead of buying new, sand it down and clear coat it be just like new again

[@gutsngorrrr]

What would be interesting is seeing the difference between your current standard carb setup and a Holley Sniper

[@paulcopeland9035]

Roughly $1K!

[@kenburner]

Nice install and a great tool. Too bad the gauge is so tacky! Really clashes with the rest of the cluster - and truck.

[@SteveSummers]

I'm not crazy about its look either. It doesn't have to be a forever thing

[@PSUK]

I’d be putting a rifle rack on the back inside of the cab!

[@prototype3a]

Plastic welder that uses compressed air?! Where do you get one of those?

[@jackgreen412]

Is that "PIG" welding?

[@sblack48]

Could you use one of those kits they sell to rejuvenate plastic headlight lenses on the transparent cover on your cluster?

[@mudnducs]

Pretty country. Tennessee?