Do i need / how to keep the Birdcage?

[Mr.PFloyd]

well heres my dillema. today i was doing some dash work to put in a bunch of after market gauges and the way the wiring to say is set up back there is on a thin sheet of green shit (whatever its called :rofl and this leads me to my problem. i am taking out my stock gauge for water temperature and it uses a copper wire that leads into the engine bay and replaces the stock temp sensor. so now i am wondering, has anyone ever kept a functioning birdcage after such an install? hell can someone give me an overview on which leads do what on this? any help is appreciated.
-Thomas

 

[mkIIIman089]

Umm, the low coolant sensor is in the overflow...

I'm not sure I'm understand what you're talking about though.

 

[supraman7mgte]

do you need the gauge thingy? no,imo,but the gauge is the only way to tell if your overflow bottle is low or has a leak. but you could just hook up a remote led for the bottle,you just need to remember then what it was for!

 

[p5150]

the birdcage just tells you if the overflow coolant bottle is low - it has nothing to do with the temp gauge.

 

[IJ.]

Thomas: How will you now if your Bird has escaped without it?

 

[Mr.PFloyd]

Thomas: How will you now if your Bird has escaped without it?

:rofl: good input so far, but i think im gonna be gasp ditching it anyway. considering i wrench on it every 2 days anyway. i dont think there is a way for me to keep it.