Tach problems
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Tach problems
My tach likes to not work when the temps drop. I am very familiar with the process of removing the cluster for room to work on other stuff in the dash, general cleaning, replacing light bulbs, etc. Would I be just as well off to pick up another cluster at a yard? I know that the individual gauges are removeable, so is there something I can clean or regrease in there?
I also would not be opposed to something aftermarket, but I will NOT butcher my dash. It seems that there is nothing offered for this era of trucks for say white faced gauges and things of that nature. Has anyone seen anything for these trucks? Has anyone done anything that came out really nice.
P.S. I like lots of pics if anyone has modified their gauges!
I also would not be opposed to something aftermarket, but I will NOT butcher my dash. It seems that there is nothing offered for this era of trucks for say white faced gauges and things of that nature. Has anyone seen anything for these trucks? Has anyone done anything that came out really nice.
P.S. I like lots of pics if anyone has modified their gauges!
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I forget exactly who it was, but someone on here did their gauges in white several months back....I think his screename was Fairfield, or something like that. At any rate, it looked really sharp. Took some work though. There were pictures in the string if you've got the time to search for it.
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IMO, white face gauges don't look right in these trucks.
It makes it look too modern. The factory tach is only held in with two nuts and is easy to change.
I don't think that there is anything that can be "greased" in them. They are electrical, not mechanical.
I just posted about painting my needles Garnet red and installing Blue LED's. I won't be able to see the LED's until tonight, so the jury is still out on whether I like them or not.
It makes it look too modern. The factory tach is only held in with two nuts and is easy to change.
I don't think that there is anything that can be "greased" in them. They are electrical, not mechanical.
I just posted about painting my needles Garnet red and installing Blue LED's. I won't be able to see the LED's until tonight, so the jury is still out on whether I like them or not.
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Make sure the contacts are clean where the wiring harness connector plugs into the printed wiring on the cluster. A pencil eraser and some electrical contact cleaner works well. Also make sure the connector is fully seated into the cluster.
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Originally Posted by Piffery1
A pencil eraser and some electrical contact cleaner works well.
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IMO, white face gauges don't look right in these trucks.
Waiting to see yours lit up.
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I painted a guage cluster white and the needles red it looked good and all that but at night it didn't light up worth a crap I even took out the blue bulb dome colors and tried different colr bulbs but nothing worked that well. As a means to remedy faded needles I painted them with regular white paint and I can see them just fine at night.
As far as the tach not working I read somewhere that one of the elctrical components in the tach assembly will fail after getting too much heat. Causing it to fail
As far as the tach not working I read somewhere that one of the elctrical components in the tach assembly will fail after getting too much heat. Causing it to fail