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12-21-2003, 01:08 AM
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Location: ** THE FALL GUY **CHICAGO IL
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**love My New Tach Dash..thanks Guy's For The Suggestion**
EASY INSTALL....
used vent ball felt in the stock hole to hold in place... left enough wire inside to pull it out to change the bulb  thanks for the idea guy's...running that 4:11 gear it's nice to know the R's SATURDAY'S PROJECT......... Last edited by rage'nrat638; 07-12-2007 at 07:09 AM. |
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12-21-2003, 01:09 AM
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sunpro tach II
3 3/8" IS THE GAUGE SIZE Last edited by rage'nrat638; 07-12-2007 at 07:09 AM. |
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12-21-2003, 01:09 AM
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go looking tach and gauges
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12-21-2003, 01:19 AM
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Mark I can now say you have gotten the 67-72 sickness!
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12-21-2003, 01:27 AM
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i go out there and look at it before i go to work and the same went i get home  think about what i can do next....ALL DAY................... |
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12-21-2003, 01:28 AM
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LMAO!! I need to clean up my guages. . . .
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12-21-2003, 01:29 AM
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Designated A-hole!
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You're addicted....ain't it great!
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12-21-2003, 01:33 AM
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My son, my joy.
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I still got my tach clamped to the column.
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12-21-2003, 01:35 AM
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LET'S SEE....
RIGHT NOW I HAVE GOT ORDERED...AND ON THE WAY.... CST PEDALS W/CHROME SANDEN A/C COMP. AND BRACKETS BATTERY VENT SHADES BALANCE PIPE FOR THE DUALS REAR TAIL LIGHT BEZALS WIPER PUMP GAS TANK CARPET A/C CONDENSOR  I AM NOT SICK 
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12-21-2003, 02:16 AM
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Live life and be happy.
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Wow. I dont want a factory tach dash anymore. That looks sweet. Now I know what to do with all the plain jane dashes I've got.
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12-21-2003, 02:20 AM
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you bet and the best part is that gauge cost 42.00 at pep boys
NOT 250.00 JUST FOR SOME 35 YEAR OLD TACH....THAT MAY OR MAY NOT WORK |
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12-21-2003, 02:22 AM
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Like a Rock!
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That looks sweet!. Can you give a few details on how to do mine?. Do you have to cut the lens and the metal housing?. If so how? Thanks
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12-21-2003, 02:36 AM
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PULL THE DASH....
PLACE A TOWEL DOWN TO LAY THE FACE OF THE GAUGE'S ON TAKE THE REAR METAL COVER OFF...W/ THE CIRCUT BOARD... SET ASIDE....YOU DO NOT CUT ANY THING HERE!!!!!!!!! JUST DRILL A 3/8" HOLE BELOW THE CIRCUT BOARD..FOR THE SUNPRO GAUGE WIRES..IN THE TACH AREA.... REMOVE THE METAL..FRAME INSIDE THAT KEEP'S THE LIGHT IN... CUT OUT THE TACH AREA...I USED A CUT OFF TOOL... I EVEN PAINTED WITH ALUM..PAINT TO MAKE THE LIGHT'S BRIGHTER..... o yea i painted the needles.....red too.... YOU CUT... THE CLEAR FACE PLATE IN TWO HALFS...CUTTING AWAY THE TACH AREA PART...CLEAN AND SET BACK INTO PLACE...INTO THE LITTLE NOTCHES.... REPLACE THE METAL TRAY(LIGHT KEEPER).... I PUT VENT BALL FELT AROUND THE OUT SIDE OF MY DASH BEZAL TO HOLD THE GAUGE INTO PLACE.... LEFT ENOUGH WIRE FROM THE GAUGES INSIDE SO'S I COULD PULL OUT TO CHANGE THE LIGHT BULB ....IF IT GOES OUT... PUT IT ALL BACK TOGETHER.....WIRE AS INSTRUCTED.... Last edited by rage'nrat638; 12-21-2003 at 11:37 PM. |
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12-21-2003, 02:52 AM
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Like a Rock!
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Mark, let me get this starit. You cut the inner "green metal housing?. You cut the factory lense in half, then cut 2 semi-circles the same size as the new tach?. I guess when you place these 2 halves in the bezel, you can't tell they are actually 2 pieces. Is this right?
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69 LWB Runs great - work in progress Mess with me and you mess with the whole trailer park!
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12-21-2003, 03:02 AM
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12-21-2003, 03:37 AM
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Like a Rock!
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I got it now except for the lense part. If you don't cut the 2 semi circles, how will the new tach fit between the 2 halves?. The lense is cut vertically right?. Sorry for being a pain on the lense but I want this slick setup now that I have sen yours. Thanks
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69 LWB Runs great - work in progress Mess with me and you mess with the whole trailer park!
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12-21-2003, 10:49 AM
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WHILE CUTTING THE LENS INTO HALFS..MAKE THE CUT SO YOU
CUT AWAY THE AREA WHERE THE TACH..WILL FIT THROUGH
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12-21-2003, 10:57 AM
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PROJECT 7DEUCE
 
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Look's pretty good I really need to get my tach installed..And order the rest of my guage's..
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12-21-2003, 04:13 PM
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Its Magically Delicious
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whats the size of that sunpro ?? thanks
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12-21-2003, 05:24 PM
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71-longbed............ whats the size of that sunpro ?? thanks
3 3/8" IS THE MAGIC NUMBER.....FIT'S LIKE A GLOVE 
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12-21-2003, 05:31 PM
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Cause the Chicks DIG IT!!
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thats some good stuff. I was wanting to do mine like that but wasn't exactly sure if it would fit in underneath the circuit board stuff. I only got one question though. Is it possible to just cut the hole in the plastic instead of cutting the lense in half? If you cut the hole out of the green plate couldn't you do the same with the lense instead of hacking it in half?
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12-21-2003, 05:45 PM
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i wanna do that to my dash. it looks awesome
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12-21-2003, 05:48 PM
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hacking it in half?
OK I AM A HACKER....THERE YOU SAID IT j/kHAY....how do u cut it when you down to 1/8" left on the top side. try it...i used my cut off tool.... cutting the circle is the trick....post a pic when you get it cut.... i just did not want to take a chance of cracking the lens....can't recover from that........... i wish i had taken pictures....sorry...and here i thought i was the last to do this
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12-21-2003, 10:57 PM
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Cause the Chicks DIG IT!!
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hmmmmmmmm that explains it then. Theres not enough room to the top of the lense cover to cut the hole and have enough left.. Thanks Rage
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12-21-2003, 11:10 PM
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Formerly yellow72custom
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I also have the same tach in the dash like that
I love it too....i have had that $42 tach in there for over 2 years and it works great. Mine was a direct fit into the dash though...i didn't have to use the felt. I plan to borrow a digicam tommorrow and snap some new pics of my trucks....will put my dash on the list
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