Re: SWITCHING FROM SWEEP TO ROUND GAUGE CLUSTER RE-WIRE

by coreys73chevelle on Thu May 21, 2009 5:49 pm

looks good

by billy-ray on Sat May 23, 2009 11:47 am

cost me less than 20 bucks to change color to red

by 77mali on Wed Sep 14, 2011 6:43 am

I'm wondering if when switching over to the round gauges if you can just disconnect the wires that run the gauges and leave all the others connected to run off the printed circuit? In other words, I'm considering customizing and want to run 2" gauges for Fuel, Batt, Oil pressure & Temp while running larger gauges for a Tach & Speedometer. Will the other stuff such as the turn signals, E-brake light, etc...still work or is it set up as a "unit". Maybe a stupid question but I'm asking anyway before committing to this.

by 77mali on Wed Sep 14, 2011 7:48 pm

77mali wrote:I'm wondering if when switching over to the round gauges if you can just disconnect the wires that run the gauges and leave all the others connected to run off the printed circuit? In other words, I'm considering customizing and want to run 2" gauges for Fuel, Batt, Oil pressure & Temp while running larger gauges for a Tach & Speedometer. Will the other stuff such as the turn signals, E-brake light, etc...still work or is it set up as a "unit". Maybe a stupid question but I'm asking anyway before committing to this.

Anyone.......?

by texan01 on Tue Apr 03, 2012 10:03 pm

Ok I did the swap on mine just now, and have a question about the voltmeter. With the engine running, mine shows 14-15 volts, and it varies with load, engine off, key on it is pegged out at the bottom of the scale.

Am I missing a resistor or something to cause the gauge to not report system voltage?

by JiMi_DRiX on Wed Apr 04, 2012 10:43 pm

I did the same to the gauges in my 76. I would like to maybe someday put real gauges in my 73, instead of those damn lights.