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73-87 Chevy _ GMC Trucks => Interior & Equipment => Topic started by: royo on June 18, 2011, 03:50:14 pm

Title: What year is this cluster
Post by: royo on June 18, 2011, 03:50:14 pm

What year is this ? it has a amp gauge  is it a 76

(http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s169/royo_01/76%20chevy/Picture802.jpg)

Title: Re: What year is this cluster
Post by: 80stepsideguy on June 18, 2011, 04:33:55 pm

Looks like 73-79 setup.80 they changed them.

thanks
Pat

Title: Re: What year is this cluster
Post by: 78 Chevyrado on June 18, 2011, 06:15:44 pm

it's a 76 and earlier at the latest.  maybe 75 and back.

Title: Re: What year is this cluster
Post by: royo on June 18, 2011, 06:56:41 pm

OK then . It has a tach in it .I was going to restore it. if i can find the stuff to do it with . But my 76 has a volt gauge in it .

Title: Re: What year is this cluster
Post by: 1979C20 on June 18, 2011, 07:34:51 pm

http://www.cuda-challenger.com/cc/index.php?topic=41068.0 (http://www.cuda-challenger.com/cc/index.php?topic=41068.0)

Just swap it out.

Title: Re: What year is this cluster
Post by: Grover 1 on June 18, 2011, 08:04:03 pm

Is the oil pressure gauge mechanical or electrical?  The earlier clusters had mechanical oil pressure gauges.  Be careful when changing from a amp gauge to a voltmeter you can't just switch them.

Title: Re: What year is this cluster
Post by: Prong on June 19, 2011, 01:56:40 am

Amp gauges were 73-75 ONLY. Plugging this into something newer will result in crispy wiring. You can convert it to a volt setup by relocating the gauge contact pins on the back as well as getting a new printed circuit for it.

Title: Re: What year is this cluster
Post by: royo on June 19, 2011, 05:42:25 am

Quote from: Grover 1 on June 18, 2011, 08:04:03 pm

Is the oil pressure gauge mechanical or electrical?  The earlier clusters had mechanical oil pressure gauges.  Be careful when changing from a amp gauge to a voltmeter you can't just switch them.

mechanical.  my truck is also mechanical but it leaked so bad that i had to unhook it

Title: Re: What year is this cluster
Post by: royo on June 19, 2011, 05:45:20 am

Quote from: Prong on June 19, 2011, 01:56:40 am

Amp gauges were 73-75 ONLY. Plugging this into something newer will result in crispy wiring. You can convert it to a volt setup by relocating the gauge contact pins on the back as well as getting a new printed circuit for it.

Where would you find printed circuit for it ?  And mabe the white housing that everything fits in