5.3L & 4L60E - Speedo Questions - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

smokinstang70 · 10-18-2010, 11:42 AM

As the title states, I'm doing a 2006 gen III & 4L60E swap on my 71 c10. I have come to the point where i have to decide what to do about the speedometer situation. I would REALLY like to keep the factory gauges!! I know there is a mechanical tailshaft kit (approx $500) and I know there is an electrical box you can buy to convert mechanical speedometer into electrical signals but I have heard that it doesn't work well.

Does anyone know if you can buy an original guage that is controlled electically? Is there a kit? Can you buy one?

Any other ideas? Any and all suggestion / ideas are welcome.

Thanks

72mike · 10-18-2010, 02:37 PM

First off Hello, i am kind of new to the board, been on for a while just haven't posted yet.
I am in the proccess of doing the same swap (LR4)...
I found that you can have Redline Gauges do it for $250 without art and $400 if they need to print a new face to match the swing of the guage, You send in your stock guage and they rework it with all electronic internals. Only down fall is its a 2 month waiting time for turn around.
I want to keep the stock guages as well, but it seems the more i look into it, i might just retrofit autometers in the stock locations.
Mike

coop34 · 10-18-2010, 02:55 PM

Where can you buy an electrical to mechanical conversion box?

ls1nova71 · 10-18-2010, 06:55 PM

http://www.atrol.com/cablex.htm You can also find them on ebay, just look up 'Cable x'

raycow · 10-19-2010, 05:18 PM

All of your options have been mentioned above. Just to clarify one point though, the Cable-X is not problematic. The only complaint I have ever heard about it is the price, which can run north of $300. If stock apearance is not a requirement, you can buy an electric speedo for less than half of that. If keeping the stock speedo is a must, then go with the Cable-X. Remember, you can still use it if you decide on a future transmission swap, and you can even move it to another car or truck if you need to.

Ray

Hubscrub · 10-19-2010, 07:51 PM

someone on here installed a GPS speedo they had a thread on it ....

FOUND IT--http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s....php?p=4239571

10-18-2010, 11:42 AM	#1
smokinstang70 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Savannah GA Posts: 505	5.3L & 4L60E - Speedo Questions As the title states, I'm doing a 2006 gen III & 4L60E swap on my 71 c10. I have come to the point where i have to decide what to do about the speedometer situation. I would REALLY like to keep the factory gauges!! I know there is a mechanical tailshaft kit (approx $500) and I know there is an electrical box you can buy to convert mechanical speedometer into electrical signals but I have heard that it doesn't work well. Does anyone know if you can buy an original guage that is controlled electically? Is there a kit? Can you buy one? Any other ideas? Any and all suggestion / ideas are welcome. Thanks

10-18-2010, 02:37 PM	#2
72mike Registered User Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: carlsbad, ca Posts: 42	Re: 5.3L & 4L60E - Speedo Questions First off Hello, i am kind of new to the board, been on for a while just haven't posted yet. I am in the proccess of doing the same swap (LR4)... I found that you can have Redline Gauges do it for $250 without art and $400 if they need to print a new face to match the swing of the guage, You send in your stock guage and they rework it with all electronic internals. Only down fall is its a 2 month waiting time for turn around. I want to keep the stock guages as well, but it seems the more i look into it, i might just retrofit autometers in the stock locations. Mike

10-18-2010, 02:55 PM	#3
coop34 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Visalia, CA Posts: 247	Re: 5.3L & 4L60E - Speedo Questions Where can you buy an electrical to mechanical conversion box?

10-18-2010, 06:55 PM	#4
ls1nova71 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Independence Mo Posts: 4,119	Re: 5.3L & 4L60E - Speedo Questions http://www.atrol.com/cablex.htm You can also find them on ebay, just look up 'Cable x'

10-19-2010, 05:18 PM	#5
raycow Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: San Francisco, CA USA Posts: 2,454	Re: 5.3L & 4L60E - Speedo Questions All of your options have been mentioned above. Just to clarify one point though, the Cable-X is not problematic. The only complaint I have ever heard about it is the price, which can run north of $300. If stock apearance is not a requirement, you can buy an electric speedo for less than half of that. If keeping the stock speedo is a must, then go with the Cable-X. Remember, you can still use it if you decide on a future transmission swap, and you can even move it to another car or truck if you need to. Ray

10-19-2010, 07:51 PM	#6
Hubscrub Cruzin Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: on the road Posts: 2,835	Re: 5.3L & 4L60E - Speedo Questions someone on here installed a GPS speedo they had a thread on it .... FOUND IT--http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s....php?p=4239571 __________________ Lime Wife's 67https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...wZEMODaS2d94u8 Back to the Fifties 59 https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...NAeStpydfrcj_U Proverbs 3:5,6 "Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible to travel across the country from coast to coast without seeing anything."Charles Kuralt In memory of our first baby daughter, daddy and mommy love you. Danica Grace 6/26/14 Last edited by Hubscrub; 10-19-2010 at 07:53 PM.

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