BOLO

i want/need to find an older 5 in diameter or there abouts analog speedometer--something like was in the early scouts or maybe the early broncos---this is the last gauge i need to create a panel for the 72 bump

no hurry, but if ya happen across something--keep me in mind

thanks

maybe alley cat could get you one out of a peterbilt it would look nice methinks.


i had to scratch build my cluster and this is what i end up whit

pretty sharp looking dash there.

how did you bolt the gauges down?

man--that looks really good--i have one of the chrome dash panels and some sw gauges-the sw speedo is 200 including tax-- i have a complete dash panel from a scout--speedo included - i may use it, but i really wanted to put it in my travelall--i have a couple on watch on the bay

Nice dash.


JD let me look. I got a couple Louisvilles to smoke in the next couple weeks. May be something there.

I might have one I pulled out of a Pete to change to an electronic one (that I never did get to work right) I owned years ago..... I'll take a gander in the next day or two.... price is right on it! My KW ones are all "old style" with the rocking K & W, so they are spares.
JH

thanks all--i feel really stupid--never even thought about big truck stuff---duhhhh

I've got one I picked up in a bunch of crap at an auction. I thought I could use it on the rod but it's too big for my hols.
Wara, that is a piece of art right there. I have had several of those F-600 panels but eneded up letting people at Ferdikashun talk me out of them.
JD, I also have an F-600 school bus panel that might have a good one, let me check. One of us will get you lined out.
Alan, if any of those Leweys have volt meters you don't need, I'd buy a couple.

Admin wrote:thanks all--i feel really stupid--never even thought about big truck stuff---duhhhh

JD you don't climb in them sonsabitches on a daily basis. I can't count the number of times I've caught myself looking or reaching for things like brake valves that lighter vehicles don't have.

spartman wrote:pretty sharp looking dash there.

how did you bolt the gauges down?

thanks spart, everything is just mexirigged there with clear silicone, lots of it. i still have to make a plexiglass back board to hold it all together and support the illumination bulbs.this is what it looks like installed,















the air pressure gage is from a 59 f600, the tach is a cheap marine unit and i will replace it with something more accurate.by the way i paid 500 pesos for this cluster back in mexico and it cost me 550 pesos to have it chrome plated (exchange rate is 12.50 pesos per dollar mind you) i used the speedometer from the donor truck (92 e350)because it houses the signal buffer for the computer's vehicle speed sensor. the rest of the gauges are from a 94 t-bird i had to hack the hell out of everything to make it fit but oh well such is life. like a wise man said not too long ago in a dif'rent joint ---myself--i am a hotrodder--hotrodders build things other people may not think is correct---
apologies to JD for the thread hyjack
wara

great info--gracias mi amigo--my spanish spelling my be not so good----long threads are never a problem here

my panel is a different configuration-- i have 2 smalls/one big/2 smalls--if my brain is telling me the truth--the 2 big ones on the outside are stamped circles--my chrome is pitted, but with the "patina" craze going on it'll be fine--lol

What are you using to generate the pulses for the speedo?

vehicle speed sensor mounts on rear end in all rwd and 4wd trucks from 1987 to ??? so i had to install a 96 explorer rear end under it along with redrilling my wheels, in the plus side i got rear disk brakes.
wara

Cool
I was gonna put a tarus cluster in mine, had it all set up, even got the speedo sensor from a taurus in the tranny, then the sensor went bad, and I found an explorer cluster I liked more and that didnt need the sensor.

So I switched.

what year explorer?

think it was a 92

Has the speedo that uses the cable.

i see (in hawks voice)because 92 was a leap year, the part numbering engineers decided to give that cluster part # ya12-34-a65e versus the non leap year part# ya13....... no, seriously, you got pics? i'd like to see what it looks like.
wara

Ill have to take some.

Have it in the dash but not mounted or anything yet

poor hawk

here's a panel


http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220666114862&viewitem=&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWAX%3AIT


i can get it for 90 plus s&h