I mention to Exeltec that I would like to find a way to hook up the Smiths tach that I had and they suggested a small one from Princess Auto that only cost 35.00. I went over and picked it up and took it to the shop and Mike who has been doing most of the work on the car said that they could pull the instrument cluster and fit the tach in place of the Gen/Oil position.
Mike had previously placed a string of LED lights in the base of the cluster as I complained that the instruments could not be seen to clearly. That would be remedied with another string of LED when the tach was placed in the cluster.
Mike and Doug have been very creative in doing the A/C instalation and I was confident that the tach would look real fine when done.
?? What do you think.
LED strips go across the top and bottom
Two guages in one mount in the cluster.
Guage pack removed Better view of the LED1 strips top and bottom.
Showing the mount from the two gauges from the rear
Turn Signal seperated from Gen Light
Turn signal mounted back in the cluster Note the LED strip on the cluster behind the clock.
More LED strips at the top of the cluster
Tach unit broken down into pieces.
Module for the tach which is to be mounted on the back side of the cluster. This was originally at the bottom of the tach case.
Tach seperated from the printed circuit
Extra wire added to facilitate moving the printed circuit to the outside back of the cluster.
Tack mounted to cluster
Printed circuit mount to the rear of the cluster.
Sure looks good.
can someone flip this photo please?
Will add some more text after I get to the shop on Monday.. done
-- Edited by oshawacliff on Sunday 5th of March 2017 11:03:23 PM
-- Edited by oshawacliff on Monday 6th of March 2017 07:18:02 PM
I have a gauge cluster under the dash with an ammeter gauge and an oil pressure in the gauge pack that includes the temp sensor in the block.
Originally the temp sensor was over top of the thermostat housing. With the new rad and hose arrangement the temp sensor was moved to the cylinder head, which will give more accurate readings. The alternator is a single wire feed also
'64 Parisienne CS "barn find" - last on the road in '86 ... Owner Protection Plan booklet, original paint, original near-mint aqua interior, original aqua GM floor mats, original 283, factory posi, and original rust.
Looks good. Have you tried it yet? Just wondering how accurate yours is. I mounted one in my 2+2 a few years back and it's out a bit. I do like the look of them though. Similar to the Sun Super Tach.
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'68 Parisienne 2+2 Convertible Matador Red (Resale Red but not for sale).
