Any pics of instument panels w/ aftermarket guages

[dbcox]

Does anybody have any pics of a instrument panel they may have put aftermarket guages in like auto meter.I like the 2 5/8 size but i think it may look funny if i nount them on the outside may need to do some cutting. Or will the2 1/16 size fit in the stock location and be covered up the panels like the originals.

[BowTieOgre]

Im wondering the same thing. Lets hope someone has some pics!

[bigblock73]

Mine...

http://www.73-87.com/7387garage/inte...ge_surface.htm

Mikes...

http://www.73-87.com/7387garage/inte...s_recessed.htm

Another...

http://www.73-87.com/7387garage/inte...ashmounted.htm

[swb85]

Here's mine:

[dbcox]

thanks those looked good

[Crank]

Here are the pictures I've got.
Brandon

[hiway]

Man, I like that last one!

[hvychve]

not sure what years are interested in , but I will send some of mine. Note the knob just above the speedometer head, they called this a speed minder,I guess they were real rare, I just had to have one. where ever you set the dial if and when the speedo needle hits it, it sounds a warning..just could resist.

[aort]

Here are a few pics of mine.....

[84 400]

aort: how hard was it to wire those up?? or swb85? Looks like a nice mod to do and i bed it is nice to have that tach.

Also Crank do you have any info on the last ones seats??

Sorry to be off topic

[Crank]

No sir, have no info on the seats, i think i pulled the picture from cardomain.com or something. They seem to be just aftermarket buckets out of JC Whitney or summit, tho I have no idea truthfully.
Brandon

[84slopwaggin]

I enjoy the pics of the autometer gauges, but one day I would like to see what they look like installed from a rear shot. That way I could know how their suppose to look when they are completed. Please whoever does the next gauge installation maybe you could snap a couple of shots of the rear of the installation after it's complete.

[bigblock73]

aort posted a rear shot...look at his last picture.

[swb85]

84 400: The wiring isn't hard at all, but it's very tedious/time consuming. The hardest part was tracing each wire & finding out what it was for.....and after I spent all that time doing that, I realized that had already been done for me here: http://www.73-87.com/7387garage/inte...s_recessed.htm

[84 400]

wow thanks for the link!!! I used to think the autometers took away from the look butthe function aspect must be nice. Thanks again swb85 for the link

[aort]

The wiring is pretty simple. The wires are all ran for the stock gauges. All you have to do is get an ohm meter to test which wires are which if you don't have access to a wiring diagram. Then you just hook up the wires to the sending units from the plug outside the firewall to corresponding wires in the dash. There should also be wires in the stock harness for the lights as well. If you have anymore questions feel free to ask. Alex

[84slopwaggin]

I was talking about the other side of the gauges. The side facing the fire wall when the dash is closed up. I'd like to know what it takes to massage all the gauges into place. 84 400 I think this theme would go great in your truck with the 400sbc. If I could I would install them in every truck I own.

[bigblock73]

Oh, I got ya...sorry about that.

When I installed mine into the dash, I had to install the two left ones seperately, with them installed in the bezel prior, the bezel could not be installed in the truck...there was interference. It was not a big deal, just a lot of reaching and ackward arm positions.

[HAVA79]

Bigblock, your painless link in your attachment does not work. Is this a harness attachment that plugs into your factory instrument cluster plug and then onto your autometer guages???? I have installed a painless 18 circuit kit in my blazer and am very disappointed with the factory guages. I would like to find something that I could just plug into the cluster plug and have labeled seperate wires to the autometer guages(maybe wishfull thinking).........jesse

[84 400]

Originally Posted by 84slopwaggin

I was talking about the other side of the gauges. The side facing the fire wall when the dash is closed up. I'd like to know what it takes to massage all the gauges into place. 84 400 I think this theme would go great in your truck with the 400sbc. If I could I would install them in every truck I own.

Thanks for the kind words man. I think they would look good to. I used to hate them but the stockers just are not doing it for me. Also i am not sure if this is what you want but i pulled this off the link

photo by : Mike Ervin

[bigblock73]

Originally Posted by HAVA79

Bigblock, your painless link in your attachment does not work. Is this a harness attachment that plugs into your factory instrument cluster plug and then onto your autometer guages???? I have installed a painless 18 circuit kit in my blazer and am very disappointed with the factory guages. I would like to find something that I could just plug into the cluster plug and have labeled seperate wires to the autometer guages(maybe wishfull thinking).........jesse

The Painless kit comes pre-assembled..you just have to follow their diagram to hook up your gauges properly. It is pretty easy, and I even hate electrical work. The only thing you have to do is put connectors on your wiring kit and gauges...I used male/female insulated connectors...that way I can easily remove one, two, or all of the gauges if I choose to without having to remove the entire wiring harness. I also have the Painless 18 curcuit 73-87 wiring harness.

Thanks for the heads up on the link, I will fix that this evening.

[KMK454]

Some very nice setups! Love those autometer gauges. Must... resist... temptation... to mod...

[HAVA79]

bigblock, did you remove the original style cluster plug all together?

[bigblock73]

Originally Posted by HAVA79

bigblock, did you remove the original style cluster plug all together?

IIRC, there was no plug...but if there was, then yes, I cut it off and wired each gauge individually, matching the truck harness to the gauge harness.

[HAVA79]

thanks..........jesse