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73-87 Chevy _ GMC Trucks => Interior & Equipment => Topic started by: gusto81 on December 26, 2012, 05:56:12 pm
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I recently purchased a fact. gauge cluster out of a 1981 c-10 1/2t 2wd donor truck with plans on installing it in my '81 c-10 1/2t 2wd. My problem is I damaged the case (tach. gauge) during removal. Everything is still intact except the top mounting bracket (for the bezel?) broke and the housing also cracked. Can I use (switch) my original housing?
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Are You asking if you can gut the new one and put it in your old housing ? I believe the Gauges have been sealed, Have you checked to see if you can take it apart ?
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Take a picutre of what you broke, I am not following what is broken.
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The top mounting bracket, (files too large for transfer).
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The plastic casing? compare it to what you currently have, or if you still have the broken piece epoxy it back together.
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The white plastic housing that the gauges mount into are different between the tachometer cluster and the non-tachometer cluster. You would need to find another undamaged tachometer gauge cluster housing to swap your gauges/tach into or repair what you have (maybe using the mounting tabs off an old cluster).