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Little gauge project

Postby Gots_a_sol » Mon Jun 14, 2010 6:09 pm

Pulled the cluster apart and cleaned out the 17 years of dust. While I had it apart, I wanted to do something to make it not look so dated.


So its from this

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to this

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Its a fluorescent paint also, so it really pops out at you

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I really wanted it to light up through the numbers, but there was no way to do that without making entirely new gauge faces since they are metal :(

I just used some water-based r/c car paint I had laying around. I used a tooth pic with the end rounded off to fill in the white areas and the pointed end to touch up places I got paint I wasn't supposed to. The paint is really thin so I had to put a couple layers on.
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Re: Little gauge project

Postby Gots_a_sol » Mon Jun 14, 2010 8:55 pm

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Camera phone is making it look pinkish. Its more of a red-orange. I'll find my actual camera and get better pics eventually.
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Re: Little gauge project

Postby PToombs » Tue Jun 15, 2010 5:30 pm

Boy, I wish I had that much time on my hands! :lol: The red really makes it stand out, brightens up the whole display
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Re: Little gauge project

Postby redneckroot » Thu Jun 17, 2010 8:14 am

I like it. I have bigger fish to fry but I think it turned out really good.
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Re: Little gauge project

Postby Gots_a_sol » Thu Jun 17, 2010 12:49 pm

Well I am sitting here with a broken leg, so I have tons of free time on my hands for little projects like this.

Found a black light to play with. Holy crap. I might have to see about using one of those instead of the factory setup to illuminate this thing :lol:

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Re: Little gauge project

Postby PToombs » Thu Jun 17, 2010 5:45 pm

Next you be covering the inside with old blacklight posters and smoking dope in there. :lol: Not that there's anything wrong with that, :mrgreen:
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Re: Little gauge project

Postby IowaCummins » Fri Jun 18, 2010 8:18 pm

did you mean to leave the MPH un painted? looks awesome tho
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Re: Little gauge project

Postby Gots_a_sol » Fri Jun 18, 2010 9:36 pm

it stood out to much being painted, so I wiped it off
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Re: Little gauge project

Postby Gots_a_sol » Sat Jun 26, 2010 9:58 pm

Still haven't worked out a way to get a black light to shine onto these things without seeing the source itself. oh well. My red led's came in so I put the cluster back together and put it back in the truck

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It is very much red and not pink, my camera phone seems to not like the red or orange and shows it pink-ish. Also, its not quite as bright in person as it seems in the pics.

I even replaced the stock dash light with a small board with a couple led's on it. It didn't do much from the factory anyway, but now its at least easier on the eyes at night. lol.

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Next victims are the dome light (which I need to find a new lens for or a completely new light assembly) and the green/blue ring around the key cylinder.
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Re: Little gauge project

Postby Gots_a_sol » Sat Oct 23, 2010 3:47 pm

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Matches pretty closely. I completely forgot about wiring the tach up :oops:
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Re: Little gauge project

Postby ahale2772 » Fri Nov 26, 2010 8:00 pm

wohh...
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Re: Little gauge project

Postby Gots_a_sol » Fri Nov 26, 2010 8:41 pm

Here is another pic after getting the tach wired in.

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oh and putting led's in the indicator lights was NOT a well thought out plan. Its ok for the cel, oil, and turn signals. But you flip on the high beams and damn near go blind. Gonna have to take care of that one of these days I suppose.
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Re: Little gauge project

Postby PToombs » Sat Nov 27, 2010 7:04 pm

Shoot, the stock bulb is bad enough most days! Looks good!
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Re: Little gauge project

Postby lifted_drifter » Thu Feb 24, 2011 2:35 am

what kind of tachometer do you have in your truck? and i am assuming you are using the 3rd gen dash tach mount?

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Re: Little gauge project

Postby Gots_a_sol » Thu Feb 24, 2011 10:16 am

It is a Nordskog gas tach. I run it with a Dakota Digital converter box. The only problem with it is it only reads in 100 rpm increments. I haven't found a 2" tach to match my other gauges that I like yet.

I believe Nordskog is out of business now unfortunately.

It is a 2nd gen (94+) gauge holder.
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