Question on upgrading gauges

Beercelo · Oct 6, 2024

On my 82 C1500 I currently have the gauge cluster that is blank/empty in the bottom left corner and I'd really like to have the clock that came on some models, but I want to keep the original look, I'd like to get a donor cluster like this one from ebay or a junkyard with a clock on it and getting new gauges from LMC, since the only things that work are the speedometer and the gas gauge. Anyone know if this is do-able and easy?

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ali_c20 · Oct 6, 2024

I did it for my 74 C20 cluster. It had idiot lights, ammeter and no tach. I used the Lmc gauges. I put in a tach, small fuel gauge, voltmeter, electrical oil pressure gauge and temp gauge. It's all plug and play, you only need the matching printed circuit which is also available from Lmc.

Rickf · Oct 6, 2024

A used clock without a "guarantee to be in working condition" can be a crap shoot. Plus think about what is the newest used gauge cluster, 30+ years old? I've purchased several gauges & printed circuits from LMC and never been disapointed.

hoagster · Oct 6, 2024

Some one did a lengthy write up redoing their cluster! I'll find it,

Gauge Cluster Teardown and Rebuild - Beware, Pic Heavy!

This thread is going to follow along as I refurbish a gauge cluster for my 79. Hopefully it will be helpful for other members as a reference for information with questions they may have or pictures of things they need help with. Please post any pictures and offer your knowledge you have...

www.gmsquarebody.com

there you go!

Beercelo · Oct 6, 2024

Definitely Lmc for the gauges, yeah I had a Monte Carlo many years ago and went thru several used clocks, none of them worked, one came off a 74 Camaro that I saw with my own lyin' eyes that it worked in the Camaro, when I put it in my Monte it petered out for some unknown reason.

75gmck25 · Oct 6, 2024

An original cluster with tach would put a fuel gauge in the lower left and a tach where you now have your fuel gauge. Looks very balanced, and there is no clock to go bad.

Grit dog · Oct 6, 2024

75gmck25 said:
An original cluster with tach would put a fuel gauge in the lower left and a tach where you now have your fuel gauge. Looks very balanced, and there is no clock to go bad.

That’s what I’d do if I was gonna drop some $ on replacement gauges.
The last working squarebody clock bit the dust in 1993 probably …lol.
I got 2 of them. Every other gauge works great. Both clocks probably been dead since 1981 and 1990 respectively.

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