Female Electrical Plug?

[Factory Guy]

Anybody know where I can get the FEMALE side of this Squarebody back of the instrument cluster plug?

[chengny]

Originally Posted by Factory Guy

Anybody know where I can get the FEMALE side of this Squarebody back of the instrument cluster plug?

There is no female connector (i.e. a plastic body with internal contacts) for the harness to plug into. The instrument panel casing has an indentation - that is sized/shaped to accept the male plug on the harness - and the various terminals on the printed circuit are bent down into the hole. A picture might be better:

[Pine Bark Auto]

Just wondering as I have no knowledge of such a plug, do the replacement gauge clusters offered by Dakota Digital and others use the factory harness and if so, how does it connect? I doubt they would use a printed circuit like factory.

[Factory Guy]

Originally Posted by Pine Bark Auto

Just wondering as I have no knowledge of such a plug, do the replacement gauge clusters offered by Dakota Digital and others use the factory harness and if so, how does it connect? I doubt they would use a printed circuit like factory.

EXCELLENT POINT! I had not thought of that but I am sure somebody here can answer it though.

Thanks for the idea!

[1957 Chief]

Originally Posted by Pine Bark Auto

Just wondering as I have no knowledge of such a plug, do the replacement gauge clusters offered by Dakota Digital and others use the factory harness and if so, how does it connect? I doubt they would use a printed circuit like factory.

They use the harness, but you have to separate the wires from the plug and then individually insert them into terminals on the module that comes with the gauges.

Bubbe

[Pontiac1976]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwLp4-RrI-Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4kh13e--6E
So True not your plug and easy play. lol some wiring needed.
But you could pay to have the some one to scan your plug and the back of the cluster and make a 3D print of it then the female end would be done for all the after market gauge packs. you still have to re-pin the new female connector for you set up to match your truck wiring. So in this case it save your wiring but more work money time. Because there is too many difference between 73-90 gauges option(motors too) you may want. So you still going to have to wiring pining 1 or 2 connectors.

[Factory Guy]

Originally Posted by Pontiac1976

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwLp4-RrI-Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4kh13e--6E
So True not your plug and easy play. lol some wiring needed.
But you could pay to have the some one to scan your plug and the back of the cluster and make a 3D print of it then the female end would be done for all the after market gauge packs. you still have to re-pin the new female connector for you set up to match your truck wiring. So in this case it save your wiring but more work money time. Because there is too many difference between 73-90 gauges option(motors too) you may want. So you still going to have to wiring pining 1 or 2 connectors.

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