autometer fuel gauge wiring in 69 camaro

[importkiller69ss]

i am gettin away from the stock in dash fuel gauges... i bought the 2 1/16 ultral lite p/n 4314 which is supposed to be the one i need...my question is..how do i wire it? can i jsut unplug the wires from the in dash stocker and plug them in the back of my new one...please help..i plan on putting the 5" tach in the place of my indash fuel...
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[CAMAROBOY69]

You will have to track down the fuel wire and splice into it. I believe it is tan. Well its tan on my car. Should be very easy. I also have all autometer gauges and didnt have any problem with any of them.
Tach, speedo, oil, water, and fuel.

[importkiller69ss]

so the only wire i will need to find is the tan one and just remove it from my stock gauge and use it with the autometer..then just the + and - wires and thats it...

[6'9"Witha69]

I also replaced the large stock Fuel gauge w/ a tach. I spliced all 3 wires from the stock gauge wiring to my Autometer Gauge. IIRC they were red brown and tan? Adam is correct, tan is fuel.

[CAMAROBOY69]

I believe that is correct. EDIT: (thanks for the confirmation Nick)
Red to positive
Black to negative
Then your tan wire to the acc on the autometer gauge.

[importkiller69ss]

ok good so it is that easy.....hey 6'9" what size tach and speedo did u use i am planning on making the 5" work with my stock dash

[6'9"Witha69]

I used the 3 3/8". The 5" just wont do it unless you push it out beyond the stock bezel. I wanted 5" before but found that it practicallty warranted a new flat dash. Or one hell of a lot of modification. IMO the stealth look of the 3 3/8" recessed like stock is cool and effective. I actually run the stock cover over it (especially since it houses the idiot light clusters). If I ever went to a DSE dash though, I would use 5".

[importkiller69ss]

well i plan on not useing the stock bezels and i have the leds form dse to use as some of my lights..i have seen it done and i like the look to me the 3 3/8 is too small for the 69

[CAMAROBOY69]

I started with 3 3/8" gauges and just did not like them at all. Thats how everything changed to 5" Once you have the 5" gauges you wont want to ever go back to 3 3/8" again. Its all personal opinion. The 3" dont look bad at all but once you have the 5" gauges in front of you its night and day difference.

[importkiller69ss]

see thats what i was thinking i like the bigger look ..well i will see how it goes..thanks guys..is there any place cheaper than summit to get these gauges..i just need the 2 5" gauges?