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Offline royo

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What year is this cluster
« on: June 18, 2011, 03:50:14 pm »
What year is this ? it has a amp gauge  is it a 76


Offline 80stepsideguy

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Re: What year is this cluster
« Reply #1 on: June 18, 2011, 04:33:55 pm »
Looks like 73-79 setup.80 they changed them.

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Re: What year is this cluster
« Reply #2 on: June 18, 2011, 06:15:44 pm »
it's a 76 and earlier at the latest.  maybe 75 and back.
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Offline royo

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Re: What year is this cluster
« Reply #3 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 .

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Re: What year is this cluster
« Reply #4 on: June 18, 2011, 07:34:51 pm »
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Re: What year is this cluster
« Reply #5 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.
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Re: What year is this cluster
« Reply #6 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.
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Re: What year is this cluster
« Reply #7 on: June 19, 2011, 05:42:25 am »
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

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Re: What year is this cluster
« Reply #8 on: June 19, 2011, 05:45:20 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