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My attempt at white gauges

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Old 08-24-2008, 12:06 PM
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After posting the last post- I got to looking at the pictures and am now confused: what is the difference in the tachs, they definately look like the same spaces.
 
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Old 08-24-2008, 12:14 PM
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In all my travels, I have not seen a single diesel truck in the yards. That probably tells you something right there.

Diesel tachs have a lower redline: IIRC 3000 rpm.

I'll keep my good eye out for one, but in the mean time you can probably run the non diesel tach and it would work.
 
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Old 08-24-2008, 01:28 PM
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This is what the diesel tach looks like.
 
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That kinda looks like my dash on the way home from the bar
 
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Old 08-24-2008, 04:43 PM
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hummmm 130 mph and only pulling 1900 - sweet
 
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hummmm 130 mph and only pulling 1900 - sweet
Dang- I got to get one of them deisels! Isn't that kilometers though?
 
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Old 08-24-2008, 06:32 PM
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yeh thats kilometers towards the bottom right of the speedometer you can read km/h barely and the inner speeds are the mph
 
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I need one of those speedometers, and syncronize the speedometer gear so that kilometers are actually recorded at MPH speeds, because my stroker is gonna peg the MPH scale.
 
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Old 08-25-2008, 01:21 AM
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Looks like he's only doing about 80mph, but the quote on the pic said he was running an E4OD tranny, not the C6 I bet it used to have.
 
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Nice work!
 
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in order for me to change the light bulbs on the dash what would i have to do?
 
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Remove the gauge cluster.
 
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I Hate to bump an old thread,but the search function is retarded,at least for me,and it won't show any related results when I type in White gauges.So I had to search by username,and the only one I could remember that did this mod was SycoStang.So I searched him and found the thread.Anyways,like alot of others,I have gotten sick of my dim gauges.All the colored caps deteriorated on my truck before I got it,so I just have bulbs.And that is still not bright enough for me.I'm probably gonna pick up some appliance epoxy this weekend to do the job.But I have a question.The interior in my truck is black,and in between where the a/c vents are supposed to be on the passenger side(my truck didn't come with a/c),I have an adhesive backed Ford blue oval.I was looking at it today,and I thought it would be cool to paint the numbers on my gauges Blue.But how would this show up at night?I think it would be cool,and somethin different,but I would like other opinions before I do it.Thanks alot in advance.
 
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paint it blue eh...... sounds cool, keep us updated
 
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Originally Posted by hittman1422
paint it blue eh...... sounds cool, keep us updated
Yea,but it'll just be the numbers.But will do.I'll probably post a new thread about it for those who want to different colors.Hopefully it turns out good.
 

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