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snoman87
03-22-2006, 15:50
This is what I have been working on for a while now ... it's all ready to get installed now.

The cluster is from a 87' C60 dump truck. The white faces are from whitegauges.net ... they customize the tach for my diesel's red and yellow line. If I was to do it again I would get "Diesel Fuel Only" between the fuel gauge and tach needle ... for now I will use a labeler to get one!!!

http://www.4wheeler.ca/uploads/post-1223-1143067637.jpg

I have to run some wires from the vacumm pump/tach signal sender to the tach and it's ready to install. It's all starting to come together :)
FredM
03-22-2006, 16:14
nice job, they'll look especially nice lit up at night too.
NH2112
03-22-2006, 16:46
They look great, now I know where I'll get my new gauges form when I get rid of the gasser wiring harness and install the diesel harness later this year.
moody
03-22-2006, 19:11
That looks better than I thought it would.
Good work!!
snoman87
03-22-2006, 21:49
Thanks guys ... ran into an installation problem, the printed circut on the back is pooched :(

NH2112 ... you know the gasser and diesel share the same cab harness, glow plug stuff is a independant harness that comes off the engine harness.

Moody ... just wired your Tach calabrator thingy tonight :)
john8662
03-22-2006, 23:09
Awesome!

Nice work, didn't even know you could get such things done!

J
trbankii
03-23-2006, 06:31
Looks nice, but when I go to whitefacegauges.net all I get are "sponsored" links like a search engine...

Do they actually sell anything or did you buy them through one of the links? If so, which one?
snoman87
03-23-2006, 07:53
Looks nice, but when I go to whitefacegauges.net all I get are "sponsored" links like a search engine...

Do they actually sell anything or did you buy them through one of the links? If so, which one?


My mistake http://www.whitegauges.net/
arveetek
03-23-2006, 08:45
That looks great!

I never did like mixing the two time periods of guages, the 73-80 and 81-87....I always thought it looked dorky. But those white faces look awesome! You can hardly tell the difference between the two.

Cool, man!

Casey
snoman87
03-23-2006, 08:53
You can hardly tell the difference between the two.

Not sure what your talking about ... it's all 81-87 style gauges, just happens to be from a medium duty truck and not light duty.
moondoggie
03-23-2006, 10:47
Good Day!

Stunning - a work of art.

That speedo's either km, or you're quite an optimist. ;)

Blessings!
snoman87
03-23-2006, 10:50
That speedo's either km, or you're quite an optimist. ;)


Yep KM only ... don't need MPH north of the boarder
trbankii
03-23-2006, 13:09
Have you had a chance to light it up yet? I had been looking at www.speedhut.com awhile back, but they are more than double the cost and they want twenty to twenty-five confirmed orders before they'd consider making up a kit for a particular model.

Now, the SpeedHut ones are electro-luminescent (like an indiglo watch), but if these light up pretty nicely with the LED illumination it may be an option I'd consider.
snoman87
03-23-2006, 13:17
They do light up really good now ... I will try to get a pic of how well the light up tonight. Basically I can easily see they are light up during daylight hours, don't have to wait until dawn or dusk anymore

The only thing is with the LED's I have no dimming, there are either on or off
arveetek
03-24-2006, 07:31
Not sure what your talking about ... it's all 81-87 style gauges, just happens to be from a medium duty truck and not light duty.


The tach numbers are a different style than the numbers on the speedo and the other guages.....It may be that all tachs use a different font, but most of the time I see people using a tach from the 73-80 era with the 81-87 guages. The 73-80 guages have a much "older" look than the 81-87 guages.

Anyway, the whiteface labels make the guages blend together well....better than factory.

Casey
trbankii
03-24-2006, 09:36
The only thing is with the LED's I have no dimming, there are either on or off

I've been considering going to the LEDs anyway. Perhaps I'll do that first to see what I think about the brightness and then decide on the white faces...
snoman87
03-24-2006, 09:42
One thing you can do to increase the brightness is to paint the inside of the cluster silver or white. I did silver and it really increased the brightness. The LED's took it to the next level.
trbankii
03-24-2006, 15:03
The only thing is with the LED's I have no dimming, there are either on or off

Hmmm... From www.superbrightleds.com:
If I install LED bulbs in the dash, will the dimmer still work?
Yes, LED bulbs will dim with your dash light intensity control