Who wants to make a quick $50??
03-21-02, 02:45 AM
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Who wants to make a quick $50??
I ran into a problem. I bought aftermarket gauges, installed them and put back on the needles, they were mostly all off and after awhile I just got sick of it so I took the aftermarkets off since they were hard to see at night anyways and put my stock gauge faces back on and now the needles are all off and not even close. Here is where the $50 comes in, if you are someone that I could send my cluster to and you could install it in your car and calibrate all the gauges for me perfectly I would be more than happy to compensate you for it so PLEASE someone help me out because it REALLY sucks not knowing how fast you are going and its tough racing and knowing when to shift when your tach is off, know what I mean. Either PM, email me or respond here if this is something any of you guys out there could do and I know alot of you could since there are so many knowledgeable guys on this forum, thanks a million,
03-21-02, 05:42 AM
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I had just put a set of yellow gauge faces in my car, and what a pain in the ***. I can tell you were the needles are are supposed to be. E-mail me at lerch32@hotmail.com
03-21-02, 07:33 AM
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PESKY DIALS
I have had the same sort of problem swapping a km/h face for an m/h face, as far as the speedo if you bring the needle to rest at its nternal end stop (lift it past the resting pin) then carefully remove the needle and point it to the left lower corner of the cutout for the mileage counter, then gently push down a little of the way(just enough to get the spline to bite) ensuring that the needle is still on its internal stop, then gently rotate the needle to the correct side of the resting pin (caefully bending the end of the needle to pass over it, and finally fush the needle home.
Check calibration against a second vehicle then you can work out your rpm guage as 2100rpm = 50mph
3000 =70mph
3500 = 82ish (carefull now your speeding)
hope this makes sense
Chris
Check calibration against a second vehicle then you can work out your rpm guage as 2100rpm = 50mph
3000 =70mph
3500 = 82ish (carefull now your speeding)
hope this makes sense
Chris
03-21-02, 09:29 AM
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Well for someone who has done alot of them it could be, it seems a couple of you know what you are doing, anyone want to take my offer??? I will try some of your suggestions but I would rather not mess with it anymore, come on now, maybe I can sweeten the deal??? Thanks.
Steve
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