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Title: Guages
Post by: 87V20Kansan on May 19, 2014, 11:01:19 pm

I know we have all seen Autometers in a Chevy dash. I have always liked them. I still like them! Sooooo.... Here are mine.

2 1/16" voltage, tranny temp, oil pressure, and water temp. 2 5/8" tach.

I didn't want the tach up on the dash, or hanging off of the  A pillar. Clamping it to the column just isn't my style either. That's the best place I could come up with. It's fairly easy to read too, believe it or not.

In messing with these today I was able to trim the bezel in such a manner that allowed to gauge to tilt up at me instead of pointing at my gentleman parts. Bonus!

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y434/Sadiejustin/20140519_175502_zpsa7643489.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y434/Sadiejustin/20140519_160857_zps8028cffd.jpg)

(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y434/Sadiejustin/20140519_160836_zps0bcfb0a4.jpg)

Pardon the fit of the dash pad. I fixed that after these pics were taken.

Title: Re: Guages
Post by: bake74 on May 20, 2014, 07:32:35 am

     Looks nice, is the tach in the way of the light switch at all ?

Title: Re: Guages
Post by: timthescarrd on May 20, 2014, 08:59:22 am

Those look great in there, but why is your tach at 1000 rpms with the truck off?

Title: Re: Guages
Post by: 87V20Kansan on May 20, 2014, 04:30:16 pm

Not at all Bake. Switch is fully accessible.

Title: Re: Guages
Post by: 87V20Kansan on May 20, 2014, 04:32:43 pm

That's the second Autometer tach I've had that does that Tim. I don't know why. It doesn't do it every time either.

Title: Re: Guages
Post by: cvbear on May 21, 2014, 08:16:03 pm

my dash pad looks like that on the left of the instrument panel.  How did you fix the fit?