My old gauge cluster was just not serving its purpose anymore.
Too many mods to the drive train for the speedometer to even be close let alown the fact that the speedometer cable was broken, too short and not the right end for the new trany.
And as for the rest of the gauges - the sending unit in the fuel tank is shot – the water temp has never worked since I bought the cruiser – the amp meter works but I have always been waiting for it to catch on fire. The oil pressure gauge has always worked.
I have been using a GPS for a speedometer, but it is a pain in the butt to get set up and it wasn’t uncommon to loose the signal and not know what speed I was going. This is something that has always driven me up the wall, whether I was speeding or not.
So here is my solution -
It is as close of a match as I could get to the old setup
The gauge set is Auto Meter Old Tyme White Series Analog Gauge Kits ATM-1602. I chose this kit as it comes with all the sending units and that the speedometer is electronic and programmable. You program it by putting the speedometer in to program and driving a known 2 miles and then taking it out of program. Imagine having larger tires and different gearing and still having an accurate speedometer.
Too many mods to the drive train for the speedometer to even be close let alown the fact that the speedometer cable was broken, too short and not the right end for the new trany.
And as for the rest of the gauges - the sending unit in the fuel tank is shot – the water temp has never worked since I bought the cruiser – the amp meter works but I have always been waiting for it to catch on fire. The oil pressure gauge has always worked.
I have been using a GPS for a speedometer, but it is a pain in the butt to get set up and it wasn’t uncommon to loose the signal and not know what speed I was going. This is something that has always driven me up the wall, whether I was speeding or not.
So here is my solution -
It is as close of a match as I could get to the old setup
The gauge set is Auto Meter Old Tyme White Series Analog Gauge Kits ATM-1602. I chose this kit as it comes with all the sending units and that the speedometer is electronic and programmable. You program it by putting the speedometer in to program and driving a known 2 miles and then taking it out of program. Imagine having larger tires and different gearing and still having an accurate speedometer.