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02-17-2005, 02:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Extremesolo
Are there any wires you have to run for the tach or are they already there from the original gagues but not used?
Nothing additional, nothing changed. Pull the old one out, put the new one in.
Bam... done.
The tach did come from a V6 truck though, so its off. I have to do a mod to
the tach to actually make it read the correct engine speed though. I'll do that
when I get that last amber bulb to go in the dash.
02-17-2005, 02:33 PM
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Originally Posted by castrolSi
Nothing. What you see in the photos is exactly what I did. Nothing any different.
Nothing additional, nothing changed. Pull the old one out, put the new one in.
Bam... done.
The tach did come from a V6 truck though, so its off. I have to do a mod to
the tach to actually make it read the correct engine speed though. I'll do that
when I get that last amber bulb to go in the dash.
Nothing additional, nothing changed. Pull the old one out, put the new one in.
Bam... done.
The tach did come from a V6 truck though, so its off. I have to do a mod to
the tach to actually make it read the correct engine speed though. I'll do that
when I get that last amber bulb to go in the dash.
02-17-2005, 02:35 PM
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I got em at O'Reilly. I just removed one of the old ones, took it with me to match it
up. They were cheap, and the look a LOT better on the new gauges, as the old
cluster still had a green tint to it. Nobody else noticed it... but you know how you are
about your own truck...
up. They were cheap, and the look a LOT better on the new gauges, as the old
cluster still had a green tint to it. Nobody else noticed it... but you know how you are
about your own truck...
02-18-2005, 09:04 AM
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Thanks. Now I just have to figure out the tach issue. I found a way to make a tach
read correctly when going from a 4 cylinder to a 6 cylinder... but not the other way
around. I am still searching. If anyone has any ideas, I sure could use em.
read correctly when going from a 4 cylinder to a 6 cylinder... but not the other way
around. I am still searching. If anyone has any ideas, I sure could use em.
03-11-2005, 05:39 PM
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Awesome thread....
Just how hard is it to swap the bulbs, as by looking at your pics, I have just a few burnt out...and I'd like to change colors too.
Any advice woudl be great too!
Just how hard is it to swap the bulbs, as by looking at your pics, I have just a few burnt out...and I'd like to change colors too.
Any advice woudl be great too!
03-11-2005, 07:08 PM
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it's super easy. 5 bolts for the fascia, 4 bolts for the cluster, unhook 3 harnesses, unhook speedo. twist and replace each bulb. as far as color change, you need colored bulbs, or colored bulb "condoms"
03-11-2005, 07:39 PM
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ok quick question, otehr than needing to swap out the oil sender to the one for a guage not the idiot light one...... do i need t owire the tach up seperately? or is it jsut pull, plug and play?
03-11-2005, 10:41 PM
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Originally Posted by DudeBud
its onlt plug and play if you have an injected motor if its carbrated you will have to run a wire from the coil to the back of the cluster
ok what and where needs to be connected then? the negative is not marked as my truck doesnt have a standard round coil... it has a square coil that sits on the igniter housing..... its not labeled for the neg side it actually uses a connector that plugs in, not the regular eyelet lines with the bolt on tabs liek a regular coil
03-12-2005, 05:05 AM
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Originally Posted by deathrunner
it's super easy. 5 bolts for the fascia, 4 bolts for the cluster, unhook 3 harnesses, unhook speedo. twist and replace each bulb. as far as color change, you need colored bulbs, or colored bulb "condoms"
03-12-2005, 05:51 PM
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Originally Posted by jimabena74
ok what and where needs to be connected then? the negative is not marked as my truck doesnt have a standard round coil... it has a square coil that sits on the igniter housing..... its not labeled for the neg side it actually uses a connector that plugs in, not the regular eyelet lines with the bolt on tabs liek a regular coil
03-13-2005, 07:56 AM
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Hmm. I may attempt this today. If I can figure it out, I'll post it up. Would be nice to
have my tach working the way it should be. Right now I figure it is pretty close to being
about 1/2 off. 2k is really 4k and so on. I'll look into that.
have my tach working the way it should be. Right now I figure it is pretty close to being
about 1/2 off. 2k is really 4k and so on. I'll look into that.
03-13-2005, 08:22 AM
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Originally Posted by waskillywabbit
Seems like he said he got the colored bulbs at some local auto parts place...never looked before for stuff like that...is it pretty easy to find? I was thinking of changing out the bulbs to either just new ones, which I'm not sure what color they are exactly or going w/ something like green, orange, or yellow.
that were the type used in our gauge cluster. Clear too... can't forget those.
06-04-2005, 05:18 PM
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Well, I got the whole dash off to do some wiring and cleaning...going to clean the gauge cluster while it is out...I saw in the first post about cleaning the gauge cluster plexiglass w/ "plexiglass cleaner"...what is that exactly?
Taking the dash apart/off is a PITA...don't expect to do it in a day...
Taking the dash apart/off is a PITA...don't expect to do it in a day...
