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Old 03-01-2010, 01:09 PM   #51
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The Painless wiring kit made it a cake walk for my install. Another vote for them IMO.
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Old 03-01-2010, 06:04 PM   #52
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If you guys working on wiring don't want to go through tracing and wiring each component, Painless has a kit they offer and supposivly pretty detailed directions on how to hook everything up.

I personally have used the kit yet but I think a few other board members here have and have liked it pretty well, it's what I plan to use when I do my own soon.

Here's the link to the one Jegs sells, they offer one for electric and manual driven speedo's

http://www.jegs.com/i/Painless+Perfo...30302/10002/-1

DAMN!!!!! I suck again!! I wish I had seen that bad boy before I started It would have saved me a bunch of gas money running to and from Radio shack and the time for wiring!!!!!!!!
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Old 03-01-2010, 06:36 PM   #53
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My gauges/article
http://73-87.com/7387garage/interior/gauge_surface.htm

Mikes gauges/article
http://73-87.com/7387garage/interior...s_recessed.htm

Too late now, but both articles have pretty good write ups.
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Old 03-01-2010, 07:34 PM   #54
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anyone use a mechanical speedo? that what im running but i was wondering what speedo cable do i need to buy?
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Old 03-01-2010, 07:51 PM   #55
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that looks awesome. I really want to do that to mine but I'm planning on doing them behind the dash so that they are angled up.
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Old 03-01-2010, 08:21 PM   #56
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that looks awesome. I really want to do that to mine but I'm planning on doing them behind the dash so that they are angled up.
Yep that is my only complaint but I plan on making some large rings from PVC to angle them up and buy the autometer ones for the small gauges.
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Old 03-01-2010, 10:45 PM   #57
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did you order the indash models and they came with those bracketS?
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Old 03-02-2010, 06:42 PM   #58
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did you order the indash models and they came with those bracketS?
Yes all the gauges came with those mounting brackets. Here are the PN I got.

5" Tach - 5160
5" Speedo - 5189
Speedo Sender - 5291

2-5/8 gauges

Fuel - 5415
Oil - 5427
temp - 5437
volt - 5492
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Old 03-04-2010, 02:07 AM   #59
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Ken, Did you Calibarate the speedo yet? I have done it and was wondering how difficult it was.
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Old 03-04-2010, 07:02 AM   #60
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Ken, Did you Calibarate the speedo yet? I have done it and was wondering how difficult it was.
No I didn't have to. I drove exactly 2 known miles and watched my hand held GPS and it was right on the Money!!! " Sun shines on a dogs ass occasionally"
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Old 03-04-2010, 01:47 PM   #61
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Awsome, do you have to keep a steady speed or just any 2 miles?
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Old 03-04-2010, 08:13 PM   #62
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Awsome, do you have to keep a steady speed or just any 2 miles?
No I did about 35-40 mph because the road was not that smooth.
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Old 03-05-2010, 12:24 AM   #63
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any pics of the cluster finished?
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forget it im an idiot, i just went back a page.
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Old 03-05-2010, 12:22 PM   #65
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im working on doing this now and my tach is jumping around like its shorting out while im driving but at idle its on the money but whin i rev it over an idle it tweaks out on me what am i doing alll my conections are good and tight and my last tach did it to be for it craped out on me
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Old 03-05-2010, 07:52 PM   #66
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im working on doing this now and my tach is jumping around like its shorting out while im driving but at idle its on the money but whin i rev it over an idle it tweaks out on me what am i doing alll my conections are good and tight and my last tach did it to be for it craped out on me
Are you running points ignition, HEI, or a electronic box like a MSD 6AL?
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Old 03-08-2010, 05:03 PM   #67
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I'll be doing this down the road too...so thanks for sharing your info!
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Old 03-08-2010, 06:29 PM   #68
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Are you running points ignition, HEI, or a electronic box like a MSD 6AL?
just a mallory hei
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