homemade gauge cluster pic, (hope this works)

[Chicken]

[mrsnicks]

It clicks through, but if you meant to have the image on the page, then no, it does not work.

Patrick

[Chicken]

Bummer. Not sure how to make it appear. Thought I followed instructions correctly. Oh well, you get the picture. Total cost was about $140 which includes new "equus" gauges, two green indicator lights for blinkers, and one blue for bright lights. Ordered gauges online and bought indicator lights at radio shack. I cut out the middle of my old cluster housing. Made a pattern out of poster board for the gauge panel. Had some aluminum diamond plate laying around that I cut the holes in useing hole saws. Painted it all gloss black and I think it came out pretty good. Not bad for $140 ish with new gauges I think.

[FormerMarine1981]

That looks sharp. How much time did you put in on that?

[MadMaxetc]

Bummer. Not sure how to make it appear. Thought I followed instructions correctly. ...

just take out the spaces

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Looks good. I want to do something like that some day.

[71 LONG BED]

Dan's right, just take out the spaces and it'll work.



That gauge panel looks great, too! Nice job.

[kaptnkaos]

Hey Chicken...

That looks sweet...
What did ya use for the face plate?

KaptnKAOS

[Chicken]

The face plate that the gauges actually mount to is aluminum diamond plate. It was some scrap that I had laying around from an old aluminum truck bed tool box. I used diamond plate b/c I've got it on some other little pieces and with it being aluminum it's really easy to cut. It didn't really take that long to make, without painting and wiring everything up, probably could do it again in a few of hours. The hole saws make everything go really fast. First I cut the plate to the right length and width. Marked my center points, length and width, then measured for correct placement of the gauges, marked where to drill the holes and then drilled them. I then used some plumbing solder pressed against the old part to get the curves right for the ends, set the wire on the alum. and traced it out. Used a grinder with a cutting wheel to do the length and used a jig saw for the ends. Did some filing and sanding to make it look pretty. Also drilled some holes around the perimeter to screw it to the old plastic panel. It really was not that bad to do. Hardest part was getting the curved ends right.

[kaptnkaos]

Hey Chicken...

That's cool ... you did a great job.
I was curious about the speedo...
No problem seeing how the other gauges work, that's pretty straight forward.
How about the Speedo?
Did you have to do anything to make that work right?

Thanks,
KaptnKAOS

[Chicken]

No, no probs with the speedo. Original cable screws right in to the back just like on the original speedo (though I did purchase a new stock cable from lmc), but no probs.

[ima71 trucks are older]

I like it.
I'm looking at making a custom panel with a gauge arangement closer to an F600 panel but this is definate inspiration. Great work

[MaxKlinger]

Nice job! What gauges did you install? Fuel level, Speedometer, Oil Pressure, Water Temp, Volts? Do you have a tachometer in the cab?

[Chicken]

The brand is equus. Volt, fuel, speedo, oil, water. No tach.

[fitzwell]

nice work...