Tachometers are an important part of your instrument cluster. Need help hooking up your Ford tach, go here and print it: Other FoMoCo Goodies!! We can do it all, just call us today at 1-864-895-4404. Camaro Instrument Housing Restoration with Repaired Mounting Tabs! Shipping Address For All Carriers!! Expected to ship within 40 business days of receiving your core. Outside the car, replacing the cable housing assembly. Used parts have a 1 year replacement warranty. As long as you own it I will stand behind it. All transactions are completed as quickly as possible and waiting time is usually 3-4 weeks.
Using a non-fluorescent paint will result in your gauge needles appearing dark or black at night and make your gauges difficult to read. The clock we replaced with a tach, which is not hooked up yet. Below is the corrected version, Sorry, Dr. This plug-in box is turned on and off with the ignition key. This is the best way to ship your instruments.
Pre-selected with American Muscle Gauges. Now, fish the cable back down the sheath as far as it will go. Whatever remedy your car ends up needing, the reward is well worth the modest investment of time. Complete 1969-70 deluxe interior instrument restorations including dial refacing. See Gauge Guys for speedo repair. Before you paint the gauge needles you should protect the gauge surface with some paper and then clean the needles with wax and grease remover.
Expected to ship within 40 business days of receiving your core. If your speedometer is noisy or the needle jumps, a simple cable lube might do the trick. The gt style gages look cool compared to the falcon gages. If you remove it, the odds are that you will not be able to get the cable to stay in place on re-installation. Depress the clip or squeeze it and pull the cable out of the speedo head. The differences between this kit and the full kit are redundancy and controller size.
But at this point I'm thinking of just ordering another speedometer off ebay. Are your trip odometer numbers sun faded, dried out or missing? As long as you own it I will stand behind it. The drill trick will work but it could take hours to turn a car from 50k to 0k. If you have a smartphone there are tons of free speedometer apps available that will allow you to check actual speed via gps to compare to your indicated speed. This means no spikes or feedback to upset delicate electronics.
After metalizing, the part is then top coated with a high quality clear urethane and baked again until it cures to a hard scratch resistant finish protecting it for future use. I personally will do it if I have to, because this car is perfect in every way, everything is brand new. Just send it back to me with a note telling me what the problem is and I will take care of it. The scale and font are designed to match the full size factory tachometer. Now, my car clearly needs a whole new speedometer cable, but yours may not.
Included in kit: 2 weatherproof controllers, one 40A auto-reset circuit breaker, power wire, crimp-on connectors and easy to follow instructions. Shipping Address Via All Carriers!! They also used them in the '71-73 Cougar console clocks. The screws are up close to the windshield, so they can be hard to get at. The gt style gages look cool compared to the falcon gages. You can see the Mustang Restorations video review of this product here:. Complete 67-68 instrument restorations to include dial refacing.
The Full and International kits have two controllers, one for each side, with twice the relays and three times the circuit protection. Most of us try to hide the relays under or behind something as well. I had already found and purchased the special paint for the needles and will be painting mine shortly. Lubricate only the lower part of the new cable with speedometer lubricant or graphite. I had torn it down Friday night and practically submerged the head in 3in1 oil.
Not only that, it can be easily removed for shows or if it should ever fail. This includes the lens and front bezel. . Calibration Pushbutton ·Dakota Digital instruments are programmed and operated by the push of a button. Then I needed to adjust the cluster housing so I needed to remove the circuit board. Click on and See More! As soon as the gauge needles are done drying and the lenses have been installed into the new instrument bezel all that remains is to attach the cluster to the bezel, install the wiper switch and then move on to cleaning up the wiring and install all new bulbs.
The best way to pack your instruments is to put cardboard over tachometers to protect the pointers, speedometers, gauges and clocks without a lens. So the continued saga of my speedometer problems. Question: When I am reassembling, should I install any type of damping material, such as rubber blocks or something, between the cluster housing and the bezel, or between the lens and the bezel, or places where the pieces come in contact? Turn Around All transactions are completed as quickly as possible and waiting time is usually 4 to 6 weeks. If you prefer a color different from your core, let me know. Thanks, I'm going to pull the cluster out this weekend and see if I can figure it out before deciding if I want to ship it out.