Not real happy with autometer

NOT REAL HAPPY WITH AUTOMETER right now!! Gauges pictured were well over $1200. "top of the line Autometer." Took lugging stuff to three swapmeets and sittin there all day long to get CLOSE to the $$ needed. Performed the installation EXACTLY as instructed , even called AM tech line to validate installation (just to close the loop.)

When driving the car in & out of the shop and around the block...didnt see much weirdness in any of the gauges...everything seemed to be working as intended. Even a few back & forth from my house to the shop were fine...... BUT really have not driven to any great length until DREAM CRUISE day!!


Started at the extreme north end and took 3 x ways to get there.... hit 55 mph and the speedo started to bounce around from 55 to 140 then to 100 then to 140 then to 55 it was all over the place!!!

Below 55 smooth calm trackin straight ...even asked a few cruisers, at low speeds, how fast they were going and the AM speedo was right on!! The dropped off Woodward and flew down to the Epicenter at 13 & Woodward in Royal oak, nailed it a few times on the "back roads" just to see if it was a fluke...NOPE hit 56 mph all over the board!!!! OK so I have to make calls and find out what is going on....I'll ignore it for the cruise because if you crack 20 mph you are "flyin" during the cruise!!!


NEXT....I fill up with 1/2 tank premium and 1/2 tank turbo blue...farily hefty sum in fuel. I drive not more than 20 miles and my gauge is showing 1/2 tank!!! NFW!!!! I only drove 20 miles!!! My 72 had a 410 gear in it and I could do well past 20 miles before ever getting close to 1/2 tank.... the Cuda only has a 3:55 and I was not bein very heavy in the pedal???? WTF?? so I spend about an hour in the cruise mass....the gauge is now on E !!! DAMN ...OK so I pull into one of the whopping 5 whole stations that are OPEN along the 15 mile route, and who have hiked the prices up to reflect that they are only one of the 5 that ARE open!!! RUn inside drop 50 on the counter and say "fill up"

Head back out to the car and turn the pump on.....squeeze the trigger....fuel is gushing through the nozzle and I am expecting to be standing there for a few mins at least!!! pump shows 6.2 gals and the auto off kicks in....Must be filling too fast, squeeze again...clicks directly off..squeeze again fuel comes gushing out of the filler tube!!! WHAT 6. 8 gals? that is a 15 gal tank?!?!?!? it was ON E!!!! should be taking 12 - 14 gals anyway!!!

NOPE 6.8 gals and she was full to the brim!!!! go get my change and hop back in fire her up...look at the gauge..it reads E!!!! C'MON is this some "twilight zone " episode???...say screw it and head off down Woodward...figure I know how long and how far I have driven ...I should be able to get at least that behind me which will get me through the rest of the day and back to the house..... I look at the gauge 10 mins later and NOW it is reading FULL...excuse me?!?!? my fuel gauge is AFU ALSO!?!?!?! start checking the other gauges all good...... speedo & fuel are hosed giving erroneous readings all over the place.

YA figure for about a lil under 1400 bucks you should get gauges that are substantial and function properly!!! Running out of gas ON Woodward is NOT a good thing!!!! you become an INSTANT traffic issue!!! and you MUST turn your lights on BEFORE you exit the vehicle...otherwise the guy behind you who is burning out will see your brake lights go out and think he has plenty of room & time...the LIGHTS MUST STAY ON or you will get tapped!!!!

SO I am PRETTY FAR FROM OK RIGHT ABOUT NOW and Autometer is sitting on the TOP of my $hit list...I made the IP removable ...but to do it right takes about an 8 hour day of getting EVERYTHING out of the way and being very careful.
I have sent a nasty gram to AM to see what advice they prescribe...but I am guessing it will be "send them in and we will take a look see".... SURE!!! I just snap them out of the dash and POP em in a box and ship em right out!!!

ANYONE else have issues like this with AM? Pretty disappointed and very Miffed about the expense vs the functionality...not a good blend at the moment!!!