Cheap Tachometer for the 82
03-09-2005, 09:48 PM
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Go to the junkyard and find yourself an 82 w/ an instrument assembly that includes a tach. Purchase it and install it in your truck.
Or get yourself some of those cool A-Pillar Guage pods and put all sorts of cool things in them: A Clock! A Thermometer! Your Tach! A "Boost" Guage (dont forget to hook it up to your vacuum lines)! Id stay away from the big, gaudy Autometer tach, just because it looks too ricey for me. And you would have to mount it in the center of your dash, so it wouldnt hamper your view...its a tight squeeze to get it in between the guage cluster and the A-Pillar, but thats only my $0.03 (adjusted for inflation).
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Or get yourself some of those cool A-Pillar Guage pods and put all sorts of cool things in them: A Clock! A Thermometer! Your Tach! A "Boost" Guage (dont forget to hook it up to your vacuum lines)! Id stay away from the big, gaudy Autometer tach, just because it looks too ricey for me. And you would have to mount it in the center of your dash, so it wouldnt hamper your view...its a tight squeeze to get it in between the guage cluster and the A-Pillar, but thats only my $0.03 (adjusted for inflation).
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03-09-2005, 09:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Mavericktoy81
Go to the junkyard and find yourself an 82 w/ an instrument assembly that includes a tach. Purchase it and install it in your truck.
Or get yourself some of those cool A-Pillar Guage pods and put all sorts of cool things in them: A Clock! A Thermometer! Your Tach! A "Boost" Guage (dont forget to hook it up to your vacuum lines)! Id stay away from the big, gaudy Autometer tach, just because it looks too ricey for me. And you would have to mount it in the center of your dash, so it wouldnt hamper your view...its a tight squeeze to get it in between the guage cluster and the A-Pillar, but thats only my $0.03 (adjusted for inflation).
Ian
Or get yourself some of those cool A-Pillar Guage pods and put all sorts of cool things in them: A Clock! A Thermometer! Your Tach! A "Boost" Guage (dont forget to hook it up to your vacuum lines)! Id stay away from the big, gaudy Autometer tach, just because it looks too ricey for me. And you would have to mount it in the center of your dash, so it wouldnt hamper your view...its a tight squeeze to get it in between the guage cluster and the A-Pillar, but thats only my $0.03 (adjusted for inflation).
Ian
03-09-2005, 09:54 PM
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autolite tach never heard of one from them you sure its not autogauge? summitracing has tons to chose from http://store.summitracing.com/ 
03-09-2005, 09:55 PM
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you can get like a cheap one for $30 and small not the big 6" tachs.. its not autolite, but even not 100% accurate im sure its close enough.... i rigged up a small on in my 93 tercel as it didnt have a tach.....
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03-09-2005, 10:13 PM
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I mounted the 6" autogauge w/shiftlight on my steering column, moded the dash a little (because of tilt wheel) and have no problems what so ever. Ya some may say its ricey, but i also got it for reeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaalllllllllllllll cheap
03-10-2005, 06:07 AM
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There is this badboy as well. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...spagename=WDVW
03-10-2005, 08:09 AM
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i'd just go with the sr5 gauge cluster....shouldn't be too hard to find in an '82-83 truck('79-81 can work as well, but you need to change the type of plug and do a bunch of splicing, so i wouldn't recommend it)
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