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Old 05-12-2015, 10:08 PM   #3
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Re: Add gauges to instrument panel

Oh yes...they can be made to work..but...it will take a lot of modifying..first I cut off all 4 of the idiot lights from the speedo and gas mounts on the frame in your pic. Then I cut off the brake light panel and reinstalled it and the speedo/gas ring back on the dash panel .I had to cut the reccesses from the backside of the dash panel bezel until the new gauge would fit into the recess...and then I had to grind /sand/file/whatever it took to the light green backing plate behind all this for clearance and drill holes fhru it for all the new gauge stuff to go thru.then tape up all the printed circuits that won't be used anymore to prevent a short. All this is a pain in the butt to do but once I started I couldnt turn back.. I would have been better off just gutting the whole thing but I was trying to save as much as I could and I wish I had something that looked better to go in the brake light position but I was getting tired of working on it.
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