Idiot Light to Gauges Conversion

about 11 years ago chris and i bought a 73 monte with no motor or trans for 200.00. it was green with green bucket seat interior. p/windows and locks,tilt and had the complete gauge set-up. back then my car was not in running condition and chris wanted to put the set-up in my car. at the time i did not want them. but after seeing chris' set-up in his car i really like the looks of it.

i remember that car. i found it in copley at a towing yard. dont have a pic of it tho. dang it.

1973 454 MONTE wrote:

texan01 wrote:

Mcarlo77 wrote:Wow...that's a whole lotta splicing. I think I'd be inclined to just find a complete wiring harness designed for tach gauge cluster and save myself alot of headaches.

You could just swap the wires around in the harness at the pc board.

That's what I'm going to do whenever I get around to installing my gauge setup. i need to fix the bezel I have since a corner is broken off. I got a piece from another broken bezel to piece into it. then find woodgrain to put on it.

i have some nice bezels with woodgrain. most of mine are black because they came off of 73's. in 74 the bezels became color coded to the dash.

Yeah, I just haven't looked that hard honestly. I'm looking for either a black one, or a green one, though any color works if the woodgrain is in good shape. I can peel it off, paint and re-apply it back on.

From looking at mine which has the economy gauge, all the wiring is there for the Tach as well, just missing the clips for the electrical on the Tach itself. and the wire to the distributor to the harness plug.