844rd Posted October 5, 2018 Author Share Posted October 5, 2018 I got a new (used from ebay) gauge cluster panel with a trip Odometer and painted the needles yesterday and I did notice that 3 or 4 numbers were Partly rub off on the trip odometer. I painted the numbers back. I will look at the pin for damage. I still will have to take the pins out of the main one to change the numbers to match the old one and hope that I don't mess it up when I do this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sully69 Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 I got a new (used from ebay) gauge cluster panel with a trip Odometer and painted the needles yesterday and I did notice that 3 or 4 numbers were Partly rub off on the trip odometer. I painted the numbers back. I will look at the pin for damage. I still will have to take the pins out of the main one to change the numbers to match the old one and hope that I don't mess it up when I do this. 844rd You can change your odometer over to the new cluster, it's held on by two screws (and the needle up front) the trip odometer is held on to the reg odometer by two screw as well. Just remove your odometer and the trip odometer from the new cluster. Add the trip odometer to the bottom of your odometer and mount them to the faceplate from the new Speedo. Sully Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
844rd Posted October 18, 2018 Author Share Posted October 18, 2018 844rd You can change your odometer over to the new cluster, it's held on by two screws (and the needle up front) the trip odometer is held on to the reg odometer by two screw as well. Just remove your odometer and the trip odometer from the new cluster. Add the trip odometer to the bottom of your odometer and mount them to the faceplate from the new Speedo. Sully OH cool thanks Sully, I'll try doing that. I was a little nervous to push the pin out as I didn't want to bend anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve83 Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 ...rubs all the paint and plastic/rubber off the wheels. Too late for mine...If you want to salvage them without years of hand-painting numbers, consider printing a label strip to wrap around the wheel. It will take a little experimenting to get the right length, but once you have it figured out, you could do a whole odometer in a minute. Or make sets for other people to repair theirs. The links in this caption will take you to the printer I have, which is one of the more-versatile types because it can print images, including images of stylized text. It's not limited to a few fonts that are loaded in it because it has none - it only works from a computer, which can have thousands of fonts (usually free to download). https://supermotors.net/getfile/957842/thumbnail/miller211label.jpg You can buy OEM or aftermarket tapes with nearly any color-combo you can imagine. To print "clear" text, print the background color on clear tape, leaving the text clear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
844rd Posted January 12, 2019 Author Share Posted January 12, 2019 I bought a Interment Panel with a tach and trip meter to replace mine that did not have that. I replaced the bulbs with blue LED's for the gauges and white ones for top indicators. Gary has asked before being I have a standard if the shift light worked. Now I know why it never lighted up. As you can see in the pic's there is no wiring set up for it or the other side for the 4X4 light. So being mine is a 2WD, maybe it was on higher trim models or just 4X4's. Also the date of manufacture and I assume the part numbers are on the back. So what is this dark blue bulb looking thing?? (last pic.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 I bought a Interment Panel with a tach and trip meter to replace mine that did not have that. I replaced the bulbs with blue LED's for the gauges and white ones for top indicators. Gary has asked before being I have a standard if the shift light worked. Now I know why it never lighted up. As you can see in the pic's there is no wiring set up for it or the other side for the 4X4 light. So being mine is a 2WD, maybe it was on higher trim models or just 4X4's. Also the date of manufacture and I assume the part numbers are on the back. So what is this dark blue bulb looking thing?? (last pic.) Boy, those gauges look exactly like mine. Are you sure that's not my pic? Did the tach work? And, the blue bulb is the light source for the headlight and wiper switches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
844rd Posted January 12, 2019 Author Share Posted January 12, 2019 Boy, those gauges look exactly like mine. Are you sure that's not my pic? Did the tach work? And, the blue bulb is the light source for the headlight and wiper switches. Yes the tach works great! but I need to look into the light for the wiper switch. I can't remember seeing light down there. Where do you find and new bulb? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 Yes the tach works great! but I need to look into the light for the wiper switch. I can't remember seeing light down there. Where do you find and new bulb? I think it is the same bulb as the instruments, but I don't remember. I can check tomorrow though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
844rd Posted January 12, 2019 Author Share Posted January 12, 2019 I think it is the same bulb as the instruments, but I don't remember. I can check tomorrow though. OK Thanks... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuzzFace2 Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 OK Thanks... Gauges look great Who did you get the bulbs thru and got part numbers? Do they dim? I got to pull my cluster back out and check the lights, I got lazy and did not replace them, and I think 1 or 2 are not working so might go LED's On the light / wiper light I don't think it uses the 194 bulb (push in type), think it is a push in and turn type but could be wrong. Do you have a light for the ash tray? Think some did and why I asked. What is this shift light you talk of? Is it marked that way? I will have to check my cluster as I did not see this. I know of the 4x4 light and I thought it had it's own harness for this? Could the shift light be the same? If it is a blank you can get the sockets (pig tail) to fit the opening and wire it up to a switch that say turns on back up lights or driving lights to know they are on. Dave ---- edit: I know why I have not seen that, I don't have that part of the cluster on yet. I have 1 light that comes on when I turn the key on to start it and had to go look what it was. Think it was for the seat belts or something like that, stays on for maybe 10 seconds or so. Dave ---- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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