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01-10-2013, 10:22 AM | #26 |
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Re: How To Restore and Detail an Original Gauge Cluster
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I always enjoy your work. For a young guy you have great skills and an eye for detail.
If you have a bezel that the lower center screw hole is cracked, what do you do to fix it? I will be doing mine this year, but mine is only the idiot light version so I will have less work to do ..
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01-11-2013, 02:01 PM | #30 |
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Awesome tutorial! I had planned on replacing mine with a Dakota cluster but after seeing this I'm going to do a restore first. I just hope I can come close to the fine job you do on these.
Still waiting to hear a source for the tach. I know you aren't done with the tutorial but hope you include that info. Thanks! Scott
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Adding up the parts and material costs it looks like it could exceed 400 easy with the tach cost being the biggest expense. Adding a clock/air/vacuum gauge to the other side will bring it up even more. Less than a new cluster from Dakota and original. Both good things depending on your taste. Scott
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01-11-2013, 05:53 PM | #34 |
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Anyone ever source out a clock that would fit into a restored gauge cluster like these?
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Awesome write up!
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Thank You for the write up.
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01-13-2013, 03:48 AM | #37 |
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This is pretty cool. I've been looking for this kind of info.
By the way, you don't have to get a new lens if you're just dealing with surface scratches on plexiglass. There are all sorts of products that will polish that stuff out of plastic. You don't even need the expensive headlight repair kits. A polishing wheel on a grinder and a plastic buffing and polishing compound would work better. The only issue is when the plastic is cracked on a gauge cluster. There are ways to "repair" that, but none will be flawless, and when they don't make a repop lens for your gauge, it's a bear. My lens actually has a crack in it, as well as scratches. I can replace it with clear plexiglass, but the numbers and things that are engraved into the plastic will be lost, and I've been exploring options on how to reproduce that. I could design a stencil on the computer and reproduce those things with a flat painted look, but it won't look original. I could find someone with a cnc machine, but that doesn't allow someone to do it in their own house unless they have one, and it would possibly end up more expensive than just finding an old gauge cluster in decent shape. I'm not sure what could be done in such a situation, but it would be nice to figure something out. |
01-13-2013, 08:29 AM | #38 |
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[/QUOTE] I could design a stencil on the computer and reproduce those things with a flat painted look, but it won't look original.
I could find someone with a cnc machine, but that doesn't allow someone to do it in their own house unless they have one, and it would possibly end up more expensive than just finding an old gauge cluster in decent shape. I'm not sure what could be done in such a situation, but it would be nice to figure something out.[/QUOTE] Take it to a JEWELER that has an engraving system or a Laser Engraver.
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01-14-2013, 01:39 PM | #39 |
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The lettering on the original lens isn't engraved, it's just printed straight onto the plastic. The main reason for replacing the lens is to get rid of the faded letters and have the correct pale green coloring. Even if hazing and scratches can be sanded and buffed out, the color will still be faded. Jason at Greenback Decal can reprint the lens, and also modify the lettering. He is currently working on a 160 mph lens for the cluster I'm rebuilding.
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Pic of the color difference.
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I have 2 62 dash clusters one with a tac, and one that can be modified to insert a tac. How rare is the factory tac in a 60-63 truck? I see the 64-66 on FEEBAY but never 60-63.
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01-14-2013, 02:56 PM | #43 |
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I didn't know that about the early lenses, I've only had 64-66 clusters.
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01-15-2013, 09:07 PM | #44 |
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Wiring harness details added.
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FYI....Echlers Vete site has orginial non adheasive tape for wrapping harness
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01-16-2013, 08:58 PM | #46 |
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I think those tachs are pretty rare although the 64-66 are pretty hard to find as well. I believe the '62 tach will need a sending unit.
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01-22-2013, 12:39 PM | #47 |
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Thanks Woog, I enjoyed doing it! I was already going through the cluster so it wasn't that much more work to put this together. I appreciate you adding it to the FAQ, and also all the work you've put into the FAQ.
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Nice Job. Thanks for your effort.
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Great write up!!
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