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Originally Posted by Swifty1638
How did you do that all exactly? What was a rough estimate on cost? I too have been wanting to do this, but it's not quite at the top of my priority list.
-A. Swift
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Well, whatever the gauges, speedo sender, and tach adapter cost plus a spare cluster to hack up.
Doing just the three center gauges is easy. You just have to enlarge the holes in the face and clear the housing behind so they fit. The printed circuit on the back stays intact so all the dummy lights work.
If you do the speedo and tach as well, you'll have to make a decision about keeping the dummy light functionality. Keeping them functional makes the job a LOT more complicated and time consuming. The problem is the depth of the gauges. They stick out the back of the cluster. In order to get them to fit, you have to hack the shit out of the housing. The bulkhead sockets will no longer work which means you have to custom wire everything. You also have to hack up the dash behind the cluster. The bulkhead connectors have to be taken apart and the wires reconnected to some other type of connector like a 25 pin computer plug or something. You have to figure out which wires go to each dummy light and wire them appropriately. I cut up the printed circuit and soldered wires to each piece for the lamps. I have more pictures of the back side of the finished cluster somewhere. I'll post them later.