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11-01-2017, 04:27 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: PNW
Posts: 3,659
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Re: Tach mounting options
Thanks, understood. I have an automatic though, so I have to decide if I want to live with the "swing-away" tach option, since clamping it to the steering column will have it moving with the column shifter.
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11-01-2017, 05:50 PM
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Dino burner
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Posts: 602
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Re: Tach mounting options
I used an Autometer #5265 extended length mounting bracket:
 Mine was installed "upside down" to how it is shown in the image above. I bolted it inside the cubby hole on the upper-right side of the instrument cluster; my truck did not have air conditioning, so it had the cubby hole as opposed to an AC vent. I drilled holes for the wires and the mount in the upper surface of the cubby. This way, I accomplished a couple of goals: 1. no holes in the dash pad 2. did not block other gauges as it would have if mounted on the steering column 3. good visibility -- don't have to look below the ashtray to see it 4. the wires are barely visible 5. if i sold the truck and wanted to keep the gauges and mount, the new owner would barely be able to see the holes inside the cubby I've attached a photo. Sorry for the poor quality, and I no longer have the truck so there is no chance of me getting any other photos. In the photo, you can see that I have mounted a tachometer to the top part of the bracket and a vacuum gauge below. The bracket is mounted as far to the passenger's side as I could get it, but still angled toward the driver. This allowed me to maintain partial use of the cubby. |
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11-01-2017, 05:58 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: Euless, Texas
Posts: 523
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Re: Tach mounting options
I purchased a digital 2". Removed ash tray (ash holder only) and it fits in its place perfect with no drilling or brackets. The blue light is so bright in the dark, all I need to do is close ash tray and it can't be seen. Easy, if the digital will work for you. I'm ok with it.
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11-01-2017, 06:32 PM
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Join Date: May 2012
Location: horseheads,ny rust belt
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Re: Tach mounting options
Quote:
 I forgot my trucks are stick shift column . then I install a lokar shifter for the automatic . 
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11-01-2017, 11:08 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Lawndale, NC
Posts: 658
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Re: Tach mounting options
The tach in my 78 is a factory cluster.For the k5, I went with a small tach in the corner this time. Nothing fancy, but it gets the job done.
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