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04-14-2011, 01:16 AM
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1983 dash panel swap
what years gauge panel will swap in to this 1983 chevy truck with no modifications
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04-14-2011, 09:16 AM
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Re: 1983 dash panel swap
79-89 should work, as long as there is a VSS hookup on the back of the speedo head. Some 90 models will work also, the 4wd 90's used the electric cluster that all R/V trucks used in 91. The 89 models will have a trip odometer, 88 may also. I am almost positive that the cluster in my '79 had a VSS, but I don't 100% remember. The newer gauge font started in '79.
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04-14-2011, 11:59 AM
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Re: 1983 dash panel swap
is it not the hole in the cluster housing in the 78 i have,
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04-14-2011, 01:55 PM
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Re: 1983 dash panel swap
ok how do you test a tach dash to see if its good?
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04-14-2011, 02:58 PM
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Re: 1983 dash panel swap
Just hook up the 3 wires to the tach. It stands alone.
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04-14-2011, 03:19 PM
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Re: 1983 dash panel swap
ok now standing in someones driveway how do i test the dash to see if its good ?? if i owned one it would be easy to just hook it up.
i want to put a tach dash in to a truck im thinking about buying and i know where a tach dash is i just do not want to buy one that doesn't work
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04-14-2011, 05:27 PM
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Re: 1983 dash panel swap
your gona need three long wires
power and ground and spark if the 83 has a hei ign the cap is marked for the Tac wire and then to batt +and - i've heard they are marked on the back where to go,but not in my pics i can see (some are even marked weither it's 6 or 8cyl) good luck
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