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Originally Posted by 57truckguy
I remember u said you were going to have the gages work as new ones. If you do that,and get gages from a jy vehicle , do u get the sending units also, and if u do what vehicle or vehicles do/would recommend to get them,the gages, from....????
If u do this what do use for the speedo? Itvwould have to be some kind of electric sending unit, as most transmissions today don,t have a mechanical hook up for it.?
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As Ogre (I think) told me he did, the gauges can be gutted and any aftermarket gauge you can fit in the housing can work. For the Amp - to - Volt gauge conversion, I will probably use a Sunpro volt meter as its under $20, and it is a sweeping type just like the factory gauges... their other gauges are the needle on a spinning pin type, and it will be harder - not impossible, but harder- to use these in our stock housings...
I wanted to do one of two things, the main thing I wanted to do was buy a Dakota digital dash, the new dash comes with aftermarket sending units, including an electronic speedometer sensor i believe...
the second thing I was thinking about doing is modifying the original gauges (Oil, Volt/Amp, Temp) I think temp will work as-is and not worth modifying, cutting up the amp gauge and replacing it with the guts of a volt gauge has been talked about, and a similar thing can be done for oil.
as for sending units, if I did the oil, my 1978 pontiac firebird engine came with a electronic oil sending unit so I could always buy one from a auto parts store, and my transmission is from the same car, and so I wouldnt have to worry about the electronic speed sensors of the new age cars.
I would think that there are aftermarket speedometers that have electronic speed sensors, but I doubt it would be easy to find one that has the same throw that our original speedo has - if playing with electronic transmissions you can either A) update to a modern speedo or B) modify the trans speedo sensor to use a cable if its capable, and use the stock speedo...
For now, I still need to buy suspension and bumpers and other stuff so I am going to worry about modifying the gauges later and spend my time/money on the rest of the parts i need
Good Luck!