Clock dial infringement!

[musicitymafia]

I'm not sure whats going on here.  Do you have everything loose and you can't get the bezel slide out?  If so check outside the firewall to see if there is enough slack in the speedo cable to allow you to pull it forward.  If the wrong cable has been but on you may have to loosen the speedo cable at the tranny to have enough slack to pull the bezel out enough to be able to get behind it.  Mine needed a 63" inch speedo cable and I ended up with a 61" making it impossible to pull the cluster out without loosening it at the tranny first.  Sometimes a couple of inches can make all the difference in the world  

[78 Chevyrado]

Just a word of caution to anyone cleaning their gauges. DONT us SPrayaway glass cleaner. I learned the had way. It will remove thelettering. I just use a soft, dry cloth.

I was just hunting to see if somebody had said that already.

Are you trying to unhook the speedo from underneath?  You have to do it from above.  You unscrew the cluster and pull it out enough to get your hand back there and release the speedo cable.  If it won't pull out far enough, look under the hood and find where the cable goes into the cab and get as much slack as you can.  if all else fails, unhook the cable at the tranny and you'll have all the slack you need.

[GoatBeard]

You guys are exactly right.  The speedo cable was TIGHT.  The cluster wouldn't pull out but about 2" and there was no getting my hand behind it.

I didn't know the trick so I just went about it a different way.  I'm glad to know that to remove it I have to gain slack from the cable from either under the hood or at the transmission.  Hopefully that information will never be needed, but it's not something that I'll ever forget if I do ever need to "go in" again.

Thanks guys!

PS.
Installing the amp has turned into a full-blown month + long resto-mod of the interior AGAIN. 

[82ChebySWB]

As promised here are the pics of my dash....

Daytime:


Night:


Kind of a funny angle, but hopefully you can get an idea of what I have.

[GoatBeard]

Wow, now you are making me rethink it!  That looks great!   

Did you say the lights are white or blue? 

Where do you get the white gauge stuff from?

[82ChebySWB]

Wow, now you are making me rethink it!  That looks great!   

Did you say the lights are white or blue? 

Where do you get the white gauge stuff from?

My gauge overlay kit I bought from Ebay. I bought the gauge kit and the Hvac kit....I think they were around $37 shipped?

The LED's are true white....I hate colored LED's. My tach is a 5" Autometer Cobalt C2 with shift light....and unfortunately the bulb in it is a blue color. I may have to send the tach back in to Autometer for repair and if I do I'll request that they change the bulb to a white one.

[GoatBeard]

Thanks for the info.

Did you see where you could pay 'em an extra $30 an get these colors?  http://stores.shop.ebay.com/White-Gauges__W0QQ_armrsZ1QQ_fsubZ19602092 

[82ChebySWB]

Thanks for the info.

Did you see where you could pay 'em an extra $30 an get these colors?  http://stores.shop.ebay.com/White-Gauges__W0QQ_armrsZ1QQ_fsubZ19602092 

Yeah, that's a cool feature if someone was doing a wild custom interior with alot of graphics...but I just wanted my gauges to look mostly factory....just white