Gauge Cluster Teardown and Rebuild - Beware, Pic Heavy!

[cedens]

Thanks i find this hours after i tore into my cluster, also mine has silver paint around the bezels, i found model car silver works great to refresh the silver around the gauges!.

Fixed and Before (yes that is original 128K)

and for reference the paint, from the auto color kit from testors

 

[1sic4x4]

Thank you

Like your Posting, started collecting parts to restore my cluster, your info is just what I was looking for.

 

[Driver4r]

I have seen that, but I thought it was just on the clusters with idiot lights. Does yours have the idiot lights or the gauge package?

Sorry i never saw this, but my truck did not come with any idiot lights. Only Guages.

 

[Green79Scottsdale]

Sorry i never saw this, but my truck did not come with any idiot lights. Only Guages.

Huh.... must be something to do with the earlier years.

I was just thinking I need to work on this again. All the parts are sitting in my basement collecting dust. I also put a couple of things on my watch list on eBay for this project. I told myself I was done with the truck and am going to work on the SS, but I always default back to the truck.

 

[7silverado6]

nice write up.
I too have a one family 2 owner truck,and some memories.The more I drive it the I think of my grand father.It stayed in the family.

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[mrnapolean1]

nice write up.
I too have a one family 2 owner truck,and some memories.The more I drive it the I think of my grand father.It stayed in the family.

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I can only wish I had a factory Tach.

 

[Frank Da Tank]

Dakota digital cluster

Has anyone used the Dakota digital cluster ? I bout an 83 with it and previous owner didn't hook up all gauges , speedo ,tach, temp gauge any help on where to start would be great . Thanks

 

[HotRodPC]

Has anyone used the Dakota digital cluster ? I bout an 83 with it and previous owner didn't hook up all gauges , speedo ,tach, temp gauge any help on where to start would be great . Thanks

Old77 has the Dakota Digital in his truck. I've seen a local guy here with it, but he's not a member.

 

[Green79Scottsdale]

Dakota Digital has two (2) different types now. The actual digital ones that Old77 has, and the VHX line. Analog gauge style but powered digitally. If the VHX gauges could be had with green accents and backlighting, I would buy them in a heartbeat.

 

[Old77]

Has anyone used the Dakota digital cluster ? I bout an 83 with it and previous owner didn't hook up all gauges , speedo ,tach, temp gauge any help on where to start would be great . Thanks

Frank, can you supply a pic of the cluster (including the "brains" that should be mounted somewhere in the vehicle)? I've got them in my truck and I know that mine came with wiring instructions and stuff of that nature that may be able to be had via download off the net somewhere if we know what model you have. It's been a few years since I installed mine so I don't remember nitty gritty details off the top of my head but I remember there is a computer that the gauges plug into on one end and then the other end has terminals (for lack of better word ) that the stock wiring connected into for things like speedo, tach, temp, oil,..... That's where the instructions come into play as where each wire is to go is outlined in that.

I will try to dig out my documentation on the gauges this weekend but for some reason I think my dad might have them at his house in his folder where we keep all the important truck "stuff"

 

[robert8096]

VHX manual on the right of the page.

http://www.dakotadigital.com/index.cfm/page/ptype=product/product_id=784/category_id=662/home_id=-1/mode=prod/prd784.htm

Digital manual here on right.

http://www.dakotadigital.com/index.cfm/page/ptype=product/product_id=158/category_id=421/home_id=-1/mode=prod/prd158.htm

 

[chevyk10]

I'm doing a complete resto and I'm using the Dakota digital cluster. What would you like to know!

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[Driver4r]

Who needs guages.... The only guages you need are Oil Pressure and temp..

 

[Green79Scottsdale]

Even those are over rated....

 

[chevyk10]

Depends on what you want or like. This is my first set of them and they seem awful nice.


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