67-72 Electric speedo

[eagleuh1]

Yeh, Me too. Haven't been able to find any anywhere. Last major hurdle to putting it in the truck. That and some free time. Sorry BigRed, it's going to be a while before I can get that pic of the tach. Back at work. Jim

[ls1nova71]

Originally Posted by 69SCSS

Just a quick question, did you pull the lights out of a gauge bezel from a '65 or did you find a place online you can get them from? I'd like to use those too, so wondering where to grab them. Thanks!

Yes I got them off of a truck at the pick n pull. I've never looked for new ones, but I'm sure someone makes them since they make harnesses for all kinds of cars and this kind of socket dates back to the late 20's or so. Ill do some checking and let you know what I find out.

[ls1nova71]

Did a quick interweb search and found these. I've never used this company, so I know nothing about them, but this looks like the socket that will work. http://www.classictruck.com/product/...llaneous_Items

[Beetle]

I am interested in trying this!

[Beetle]

I may get with you in the future on the decals ls1nova. I am gonna research it a bit more and may attempt it! It will save some $$$ so why not?

[Beetle]

How do you go about getting the original numbers off the gauge face before you painted the new ones on? Sanded or what? Thanks.

[ls1nova71]

Originally Posted by Beetle

How do you go about getting the original numbers off the gauge face before you painted the new ones on? Sanded or what? Thanks.

No sanding necessary, just polish them off with a soft rag (I use an old t shirt) and some Mothers aluminum wheel polish. Takes a little rubbing but its not hard to do at all.
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[chuckmc8]

Payment sent-thanks

[cjohnson6772]

Payment sent a few days ago....forgot to post it in the thread
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[67swb72klb]

real nice work

[Daaaanz67]

Any more of these kits available?
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[Captainfab]

I'll take 2 of the kits. I'll send you a PM.......

[mcbassin]

Couple of questions:
1.) what kind/brand of paint is it you are using to airbrush the stencil?
2.) Is that a factory or aftermarket tach you are using? Did you have to modify it to work on an LS motor?
3.) any chance you have a wiring diagram of what you made?
Thanks for sharing this modification.

[ls1nova71]

Originally Posted by Daaaanz67

Any more of these kits available?
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Yes, there are more available.

Originally Posted by Captainfab

I'll take 2 of the kits. I'll send you a PM.......

PM returned

Originally Posted by sprint_9

What did you have to have done as far as a tune to get it to read properly?

Just the basic tune stuff you would do to get any speedometer to read correct. You set your rear gear ratio, and tire size. Any tuner should be able to do this.

Originally Posted by mcbassin

Couple of questions:
1.) what kind/brand of paint is it you are using to airbrush the stencil?
2.) Is that a factory or aftermarket tach you are using? Did you have to modify it to work on an LS motor?
3.) any chance you have a wiring diagram of what you made?
Thanks for sharing this modification.

1) I used some old Testors model car paint I've had for years, it's a mixture of green and white
2) It's an aftermarket tach, you just need to set the tach resolution from 6 to 3 in the tune. This doubles the signal sent to the tach since LS motors puit out a 4 cylinder tach signal.
3) I can make a diagram, but basically I just wired it like the printed circuit, with a few changes, like the voltmeter rather than the ammeter.

[cjohnson6772]

Originally Posted by ls1nova71

2) It's an aftermarket tach, you just need to set the tach resolution from 6 to 3 in the tune. This doubles the signal sent to the tach since LS motors puit out a 4 cylinder tach signal.

So what did you do for the gage face? Or is it an aftermarket repop of an original?
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[ls1nova71]

Originally Posted by cjohnson6772

So what did you do for the gage face? Or is it an aftermarket repop of an original?
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Yes, it's just a repop of an original, nothing fancy needed to make the tach work.

[lts70]

Put me down for one
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[HarleyT]

Payment sent Thanks
harley

[wgeyer88]

I'll take one as well! PM sent

[ls1nova71]

Hey guys, these were supposed to be ready today, but I didn't make it to the printer before he closed. I will definitley go by on Monday morning and will be shooting for Tuesday to ship them out.

I'm also going to be including another template with themfor the box that covers the back of the speedometer. You'll have to trace it onto a piece of sheetmetal and bend it up. It may require some tweeking, but it's better than having to start from scratch.

Thanks for everyone's patience, Eric.

[Captainfab]

That's not a problem for me. Thanks for keeping us updated

Originally Posted by ls1nova71

Hey guys, these were supposed to be ready today, but I didn't make it to the printer before he closed. I will definitley go by on Monday morning and will be shooting for Tuesday to ship them out.

I'm also going to be including another template with themfor the box that covers the back of the speedometer. You'll have to trace it onto a piece of sheetmetal and bend it up. It may require some tweeking, but it's better than having to start from scratch.

Thanks for everyone's patience, Eric.

[wgeyer88]

Thanks Eric, looking forward to getting the package!

After running into this thread I got motivated to get my instruments sorted out while the rest of the truck is in progress. I stopped by pull and pay today and got some goodies! I figured while I was busy with the speedometer I might as well add a tach too. I found a tach from a 78 camaro in great shape and I think it was only $6.

They only had 2 96/97 S10's in the yard, both were tach dashes. I had the guy at the counter cross reference the speedometer for me and it turns out they are the exact same ones that are fitted to similar year blazers without tachs. I don't remember the exact year range, but I think it might have been 3 or 4 years. This was helpful because they had about 20 blazers that I could choose from instead of only the 2 S10's.

Can anyone else confirm that the blazer speedometer is the same as the S10?


Edit:
It appears that the instrument panels are the same on all tachless chevy s10, blazers, gmc sonoma, jimmy. The speedometer from any of these models should work. Definitely all '96 and '97 models, possibly '95 as well.

[67c10rustbuket]

Post disappeared? Anyway try this again.

Paid last week but haven't been back since. No hurry over here. Thanks again for putting this together.
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[ls1nova71]

Hey guys, I have to apologize, but I just left the printer and they are not done yet. They were supposed to be done last week, but I didn't make it there on Friday so I went by when he opened yesterday morning. He said he was really busy and hadn't got a chance to do them yet, but said they should be done late in the afternoon today. So I just went by and they still are not done... and he said it could be a couple of days. I asked him what the worst case scenario would be and he said friday. I am truely sorry this has taken so long and I hope I haven't inconvenienced anybody. I'm not trying to stall on this, but apparently my small order doesn't get top priority. I hope everyone understands, and I hate the way this makes me look, it's just out of my control. Again, I do apologize and will get them all out just as soon as I get them.
Thanks, Eric
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[Captainfab]

I know just how it is when you're depending on a supplier and they fall behind schedule for whatever reason. I'm not worried about it. I appreciate you keeping us up to date on what's happening.