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Mike Quillici · 10-23-2009, 01:20 AM

Also, what the heck is the deal with the blank gauge on the instrument cluster to the left of the oil pressure gauge? Is something supposed to go there?

**71blksuper4x4** · 10-23-2009, 01:33 AM

You could get a vacuum gauge or air pressure gauge was put in there on the bigger c50 line. Trevor

Mike Quillici · 10-23-2009, 02:48 AM

Vacuum gauge. . .Oh the possibilities. cool

Longhorn Man · 10-23-2009, 06:01 AM

C/30 and smaller, there was never anything there... only on the C/40 and up.
I find it amusing... and amazing... how many people are so deeply bothered at am empty guage pod.

69halfton · 10-23-2009, 08:22 AM

lol longhornman, I've thought the same thing for a while!

I've know people search high and low for the vacuum gauge just so the dash can be "complete"

69GMCLonghorn · 10-23-2009, 10:36 AM

Yeah, and I could never justify LMC's $149 vacuum gauge kit. A decent vacuum gauge can be had for less than $20!! But of course it doesn't match the other gauges, etc etc...

Longhorn Man · 10-23-2009, 05:57 PM

The stock tach doesn't match, nor do they work very well, nor do they even rev to the stock engine's redline... but people pay hundreds for them.
I just don't get it.

69GMCLonghorn · 10-23-2009, 06:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Longhorn Man

The stock tach doesn't match, nor do they work very well, nor do they even rev to the stock engine's redline... but people pay hundreds for them.
I just don't get it.

Yeah, the stock tach in my truck was reading 3700 RPM at 60 MPH!! I was driving down the highway like an old man, thinking I had the lowest gears in truck history!!! Then I hooked up a second tach and it was reading 2900 RPM!!! Just a wee bit of difference!! So then I started driving like a bat out of hell! Maybe I should have left the bad one in there!

**Thealien** · 10-23-2009, 07:08 PM

Years and years of therapy and I was finally getting over that blank gauge sitting there, staring, mocking me with that blank stare! Now you're making fun of us with empty guage syndrome. THAT IS DISCRIMINATION DAMMIT, where is the outrage. And now I find out my Tach is probably junk also? Looks like i'm putting another one of the therapists kids through college!

Thanks, thanks a lot guys!!

nickp51chevy · 10-23-2009, 07:28 PM

Good thing I stumbled on this one. I would have been one of those guys scratching my head and loosing sleep over it.

Mike Quillici · 10-24-2009, 12:47 AM

This is going to bother me for ages. And apparently now I need to find a therapist. Great. . .just great. . .

*highperf4x4* · 10-24-2009, 12:51 AM

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Originally Posted by 69GMCLonghorn

Yeah, the stock tach in my truck was reading 3700 RPM at 60 MPH!! I was driving down the highway like an old man, thinking I had the lowest gears in truck history!!! Then I hooked up a second tach and it was reading 2900 RPM!!! Just a wee bit of difference!! So then I started driving like a bat out of hell! Maybe I should have left the bad one in there!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thealien

Years and years of therapy and I was finally getting over that blank gauge sitting there, staring, mocking me with that blank stare! Now you're making fun of us with empty guage syndrome. THAT IS DISCRIMINATION DAMMIT, where is the outrage. And now I find out my Tach is probably junk also? Looks like i'm putting another one of the therapists kids through college!

Thanks, thanks a lot guys!!

Well I am definitely bothered by it too. What about a clock option?

unclewatts · 10-24-2009, 03:35 AM

I just put a new gauge in that exact place. It reads Dilithium Chrystal Flux Density.

retodd7711 · 10-24-2009, 07:53 AM

Here's what I'll be using! ???

oldblue1968chevy · 10-24-2009, 10:16 AM

haha lol funny 2 posts

10-23-2009, 01:20 AM	#1
Mike Quillici Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 161	Blank Gauge on Instrument Cluster Also, what the heck is the deal with the blank gauge on the instrument cluster to the left of the oil pressure gauge? Is something supposed to go there? __________________ 1972 Chevy C-10 ~ 188,000 miles give or take

10-23-2009, 01:33 AM	#2
71blksuper4x4 SWB 4x4 Collector Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Osage City, KS Posts: 5,156	Re: Blank Gauge on Instrument Cluster You could get a vacuum gauge or air pressure gauge was put in there on the bigger c50 line. Trevor __________________ TREVOR 1970 CST swb 4x4 (speedwarning,cruise,tilt,tach,8track, original red shoulder belts,tow hooks) 1972 Jimmy (soon to be Hickey cloned) 1971 Cheyenne Super 4x4 swb (tilt,tach,buckets, original blue shoulder belts,am/fm,cruise,tow hooks, dealer 8 track) 1972 Cheyenne Super K20 4x4 Custom Camper (tilt, tach, am/fm, tow hooks, bed toolbox, aux gas tank 1972 Cheyenne Super Crew Cab K30 4x4 Duramax, Allison, np205, buckets, tow hooks (CURRENT PROJECT) http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=624819 1989 V3500 Crew Cab (454tbi, NV4500, np205) 1970 Chevelle SS (LS5 454,th400,8track,buckets,tach) :2004 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon (daily driver) WTB: 1968-70 Cruise Control Lever

10-23-2009, 02:48 AM	#3
Mike Quillici Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 161	Re: Blank Gauge on Instrument Cluster Vacuum gauge. . .Oh the possibilities. cool __________________ 1972 Chevy C-10 ~ 188,000 miles give or take

10-23-2009, 06:01 AM	#4
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,690	Re: Blank Gauge on Instrument Cluster C/30 and smaller, there was never anything there... only on the C/40 and up. I find it amusing... and amazing... how many people are so deeply bothered at am empty guage pod.

10-23-2009, 08:22 AM	#5
69halfton Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: King City, Ontario, Canada Posts: 974	Re: Blank Gauge on Instrument Cluster lol longhornman, I've thought the same thing for a while! I've know people search high and low for the vacuum gauge just so the dash can be "complete" __________________ - Jason If you can turn, Youre not going fast enough. Favorite caption: first car to 200 mph in the 1/4 mile, no parachute, drum brakes all the way around.. ..back when men were men.

10-23-2009, 10:36 AM	#6
69GMCLonghorn Registered User Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Porter Ranch, CA Posts: 978	Re: Blank Gauge on Instrument Cluster Yeah, and I could never justify LMC's $149 vacuum gauge kit. A decent vacuum gauge can be had for less than $20!! But of course it doesn't match the other gauges, etc etc...

10-23-2009, 05:57 PM	#7
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,690	Re: Blank Gauge on Instrument Cluster The stock tach doesn't match, nor do they work very well, nor do they even rev to the stock engine's redline... but people pay hundreds for them. I just don't get it.

10-23-2009, 07:08 PM	#9
Thealien Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Pine Ridge Florida Posts: 4,134	Re: Blank Gauge on Instrument Cluster Years and years of therapy and I was finally getting over that blank gauge sitting there, staring, mocking me with that blank stare! Now you're making fun of us with empty guage syndrome. THAT IS DISCRIMINATION DAMMIT, where is the outrage. And now I find out my Tach is probably junk also? Looks like i'm putting another one of the therapists kids through college! Thanks, thanks a lot guys!!

10-23-2009, 07:28 PM	#10
nickp51chevy Registered Chevy Owner Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Snohomish, wa Posts: 1,557	Re: Blank Gauge on Instrument Cluster Good thing I stumbled on this one. I would have been one of those guys scratching my head and loosing sleep over it. __________________ Love is fleeting, but Chevy trucks are forever!!!! 1970 Chevy CST C10 long box 350/400 2008 Chevy Silverado short box 4x4 Had; 1951 Chevy short box 307/T5 1988 Chevy shot box 4x4 350/350 1971 Chevy C10 long box 4x4 350/350 1971 Chevy C20 long box 350/350 1971 Chevy C10 long box 350/350

10-24-2009, 12:47 AM	#11
Mike Quillici Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 161	Re: Blank Gauge on Instrument Cluster This is going to bother me for ages. And apparently now I need to find a therapist. Great. . .just great. . . __________________ 1972 Chevy C-10 ~ 188,000 miles give or take

10-24-2009, 03:35 AM	#13
unclewatts 70 Chevrolet=Obsession Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: nice ca Posts: 1,067	Re: Blank Gauge on Instrument Cluster I just put a new gauge in that exact place. It reads Dilithium Chrystal Flux Density. __________________ I'm Just like my truck. Old, Ugly and Grouchy. Except my truck starts easily in the morning and doesn't smoke! IT'S NOT EASY BEING GREEN! -Kermit the frog 1970 Chevrolet C-10 Longbed Stepside : 350, Muncie M20, 3.08 GM corp. positraction Forest green exterior/light green interior(Where all my money goes) 1996 Toyota Corolla (Parts runner)

10-24-2009, 07:53 AM	#14
retodd7711 chrome makes it go FASTER! Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Cleveland Tennessee Posts: 2,884	Re: Blank Gauge on Instrument Cluster Here's what I'll be using! ??? Attached Images __________________ She can't cook and she won't clean. But she looks good in a skirt and she brings me beer. She can stay for now. EDIT:: But she left me anyway, So forget her. 1962 GMC Stepside V6 4 speed My rolling resto thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=324226 My old farm truck http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=1#post3465005

10-24-2009, 10:16 AM	#15
oldblue1968chevy Grandpa in the rustmobile... Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Spokane WA/Viola TN Posts: 11,422	Re: Blank Gauge on Instrument Cluster haha lol funny 2 posts __________________ John Goose-1968 C10 355,9.32-1CR, Vortec Heads ,262 voodoo, 3.73:1 3OTT (HS ride/beater/farm truck) http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=317684 Grams 53-1953 Chevrolet Belair http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=1#post4327784 1969 Chevy C10 Shortbed 4.5/6?" Frame off resto http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=548136 1999 Toyota Tacoma 4x4



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