Scan Gauge II Do-It-Yourself Mount/Bracket

[crutch024]

Long time reader, but I never post…….

I liked the idea of mounting the Scan Gauge II above the rearview mirror. I looked at the mount that attached to the rearview mirror, but I am not going to pay $40 for it. I had thought about building my own device that would attach to the rearview mirror, but I could not locate the necessary hardware at any area hardware stores. I then pulled down the overhead console to hook up my auto-dimming mirror and I was struck by the idea to build and attach a mount to the inside of the overhead console and have the mount come out where the console meets the headliner.



I went to the hardware store and picked up a strip of aluminum for $4.56. The strip is about 1” wide, about 3’ long, about 1/16” thick and it bends fairly easily with some effort. I then went about bending it in the shape necessary to fit the spot I was thinking and cutting it down to the appropriate size. I then drilled a hole so that I could attach the Scan Gauge II to it.



I removed the four screws on the back of the Scan Gauge unit so that I could drill a hole in the back casing to attach to the bracket I just created (be careful to not drill dead center, you’ll cover the wire connector, also make sure the screw you use to attach the bracket to the gauge is short enough so that it does not touch the circuitry).



Now my original plan was to drill a hole in the overhead console so that the bracket would attach and the bolt would only be able to be visible from the inside of the garage door opener cubbyhole. Just for kicks, I tried the bracket with out mounting it to the console and pushed the end up between the console and the headline, it fits very snuggly and there in no reason to mount it to the console with a screw at all. I have been driving with my new bracket for about two weeks and it is very secure.

[lelandstanford]

Good idea but does not work for me since my mirror is up-side-down.

How do you hide the cable?