Guage cluster assistance?

[pelky350]

Got cluster from scrap yard, and I experimented with making the needles and faces clear to change whatever color I want to use for bulbs. Is there any way to make them accurate again, I mean honestly just the fuel gauge? seems like RPMs and speed should be fine they start at 0 and battery voltage and coolant temp should be close enough, oil pressure is on and off switch so as long as it moves and isn’t up side down. Can I just plug in this new cluster? Should I really care much about the unknown miles anyway? Just as a reference for oil changes is all I use it for.

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[Thewespaul]

The new cluster will just plug in, don’t know much about changing the colors. Since it’s a brick, you can just use the dial to change the mileage to what the old one said

 

[pelky350]

@Thewespaul it will plug in yes, I took it completely apart took the faces off the gauges and the needles to remove the green and yellow paint on them so it would show through clear so I can use different colored led bulbs in the back on it. My issue is wondering if there is a way to calibrate the gauges when installing the needles again

 

[Thewespaul]

As long as you install them back in their original location they will be correct

 

[pelky350]

Well the only one I’m honestly unsure of if probably the most important and that’s the fuel gauge but I guess I could pop the sender from the tank and Adjust it that way? RPMs stay at 0 everything basically starts at 0 besides the fuel gauge when the cluster is not powered but I can plug it in and mess with it some I guess, if it doesn’t work I’ve got my old cluster still reguardless

 

[pelky350]

Cluster looks really good I hope I can figure this out so it works! Anybody have good ideas for back light color I should run if this works out? Like blue to match interior or red or purple just to be different? I haven’t seen this done much but honestly it was kinda easy which I’m feeling like maybe too good to be true about now

 

[pelky350]

In case anybody is wondering how this turned out! It looks better in person the camera doesn’t like the color blue/purple that it turned out for some reason. Everything works only error I made was the tack seems to be about 200 off so I have to move the needle a little bit. And fuel gauge is in same spot as when I took the clusters apart and installed the new ones faces

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[pelky350]

So I learned my lesson on keeping things organized during this process I guess he speedo and tack are weighted very precisely, and if you mix the two up they don’t work correctly, speedo bounced all over the place and tach was a little off. Switch the weights and now everything is perfect

 

[pelky350]

Update! My battery gauge has decided to go crazy now doesnt read very accurate anymore needle is like pegged negative so this whole thing has been a minor failure so far I would suppose, but it defiantly looked cool! Also my speedo cable won’t stay put it keeps backing off and loosing connection, hopefully my fuel gauge is accurate still, really I just want fuel, tach and speedo. I have coolant and egt/boost and am getting oil soon for aftermarket gauges on a 4 gauge pod