Going to attempt disassemble of gauge cluster

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domindart

Discussion Starter · May 30, 2009

soon. Anyone have any pointers? I hope its not too difficult, and I dont &*ck up anything.

Should I go cobra style white face gauge?? My gauge curently is the 85mph lx cluster. Would I have to change anythng difficult to swap to white 140 or 160 or whatever?

I would also have to get the white face cluster for the heat/air things also! lol

ugh, more spending money...........

:headscratch:

Reason Im taking the gauge apart is a few things:

checking the speedo cable , it has squeeked in the past
looking for a replacemnt slosh sensor for the fuel gauge
some of the lights behind the mph are burnt out, but it may be a fuze, checking that too

I figure since I have it off, might go white. Who thinks what? :scratchchin

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litheum87

· #2 · May 30, 2009

I a place on ebay called caribbeancustomdesigns.com They had a cool set of gauges. You can also have them but symbols on them or a picture and im pretty sure you can get all different colors. i thought they were pretty sick. Dont know how they work though havent come up with the cash yet just a thought.

Mustang custom gauges 1987 - 1989 - $99.99 : Caribbean Custom Designs

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domindart

Discussion Starter · #3 · May 30, 2009

Thanks man, they look pretty cool, but Ill probably go with the cobra white gauges if I change. not sure yet..

Im not sure if they will look good or not on my car. Ive wanted to keep everything pretty stock looking, but the white cobra gauges can look good, maybe if I match them on the A/c switches- make those white too.. :headscratch:

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domindart

Discussion Starter · #4 · May 30, 2009

IM also thinking about putting some gauges where the middle A/c vents are , but not sure which I should do, IF I do it.

fuel pressure? oil pressure? and maybe volts? :headscratch:

litheum87

· #5 · May 30, 2009

I love the way the middle vent gauges look. I would go with Oil Press and volts. Ive been told that it can through off the water temp gauge when you turn on the heat, but ive never seen it happen. But i personally really like the middle vent cage. Also fuel pressure should never be mounted in the thats horribly dangerous. Another cool cauge set up is the ones they have for the plastic cowl panel. Ive seen it on a couple cars it looked pretty crazy.

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domindart

Discussion Starter · #6 · May 30, 2009

WEll, i think I ll just go with the same look, no white face gauges. Maybe Ill switch to the same thing I have but with the 140 mph gauge. I can probably pick one up at a junkyard maybe!

And thus, I probably wont do any other altercations to the car ie gauges in the vents .

Still brainstormin! :scratchchin

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domindart

Discussion Starter · #7 · May 30, 2009

Im reading my google finds and it sounds like you are swapping the odometter readings too, when you swap gauge clusters???

domindart

Discussion Starter · #8 · May 30, 2009

Well , here is a cluster from a 90 car, but it looks like it is a swap of the entire cluster and not just the gauge face thing. I dont want to swap all that, I just want to swap the 85 mph face for the 140....! But it looks like I cant do that huh?

http://greensboro.craigslist.org/pts/1193037806.html

Am I talking to myself here??!! LOL :laugh:

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Krrast

· #9 · May 30, 2009

you can swap just the face if you want, just make sure you mark the position of the needle before removing it and be careful not to bend anything. I swapped mine out and now i have to recalibrate it as well. While i had the gage panel removed i also installed blue led lights for a personlized touch. works great!

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· #10 · May 30, 2009

domindart said:
IM also thinking about putting some gauges where the middle A/c vents are , but not sure which I should do, IF I do it.

fuel pressure? oil pressure? and maybe volts? :headscratch:

is this what you mean.....

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domindart

Discussion Starter · #11 · May 30, 2009

Ya, is that your car, Reggie?

Im thinking I may not change anything now, just replace the lights, maybe blue sounds cool! Well seee...

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· #12 · May 30, 2009

domindart said:
Ya, is that your car, Reggie?

Im thinking I may not change anything now, just replace the lights, maybe blue sounds cool! Well seee...

yep it is.....

all my gauges have blue lights including the shift light....

yep it does look cool.....

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89coupe

· #13 · May 31, 2009

The gauge in the Middle is for Wussys

domindart

Discussion Starter · #14 · May 31, 2009

haha, wussys? nitrous? haha:hihi:

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· #15 · May 31, 2009

89coupe said:
The gauge in the Middle is for Wussys

"come get you some of this wussy"......

i'm spraying a little 300 shot.....

But i use nitrous as power adder not power subsitute....

i'm over 600 on motor i think

can't wait to get this thing tuned......:gringreen

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89coupe

· #16 · May 31, 2009

LOL......
You have as much nitrous as I got HP. Nah, I gotta little more than that...... But not much.

Just tune it by Ear Reggie.:happyhapp

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· #17 · May 31, 2009

89coupe said:
Just tune it by Ear Reggie.:happyhapp

Yeah right.......:gringreen

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