Converting the 70 Series Speedometer from KPH to MPH
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It is a metal dial face. Won’t be any issue with a sticker overlay in his case.
Here are what the metal dials look like.
That's fantastic. I have a 180 kph dial - my 100 kph is dead vertical. Do you have one like that? Or is easy to re-do the speedo cable to adjust? I'm ready to throw some money at somebody.
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I have one ready to go. If this is what you need, Send me a pm and I can get this heading your way.
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@RHINO if you mean moving the numbers to match 31s or 33s, for this setup I have not. I can check into it if there is some interest in that.
Just did mine.
Looks fantastic!!
Looks fantastic!!
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Looks fantastic.
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Hoping I can get one for my 180kph speedo with timing belt light, side illumination. Just messaged you.
It may be time to clean my dash.
It may be time to clean my dash.
In case anyone wants to know. The lockwood dials C836 mentioned in post #1 of this thread is NOT TRANSPARENT type. It is simply a plastic overlay meant for the metal dials. (It is held on by the two little screws that holds on the metal dial).
I ordered it thinking it was the transparent backlit type but it isn't. This is not specifically outlined on the site description for this product. Details below.
I ordered it thinking it was the transparent backlit type but it isn't. This is not specifically outlined on the site description for this product. Details below.
I've been thinking about options for the backlit gauge folks who don't want to put a vinyl sticker over the backlit kmh numbering.
One idea is to keep the current gauge face and leave the outer kmh numbers backlight, and use Dry Transfer decals to put the mph numbers on the inner side of the gauge (basically like @FJ73Texas original design). Dry Transfer decals don't have any borders and don't need to be cut out - you can just press them onto the gauge. The experimental aircraft folks are using this to make the labels on their cockpits. Turns out really nice.
Here's one of the recommended companies. It's a little price for a sticker, but if we get a few gauges printed on a larger sheet, we can all split it up. We could even print different gauge designs on the same large sheet, since there's so many variations of gauge requests out there.
The only drawback is that the MPH still isn't backlit - but at least you don't obstruct the the KMH backlighting.
One idea is to keep the current gauge face and leave the outer kmh numbers backlight, and use Dry Transfer decals to put the mph numbers on the inner side of the gauge (basically like @FJ73Texas original design). Dry Transfer decals don't have any borders and don't need to be cut out - you can just press them onto the gauge. The experimental aircraft folks are using this to make the labels on their cockpits. Turns out really nice.
Here's one of the recommended companies. It's a little price for a sticker, but if we get a few gauges printed on a larger sheet, we can all split it up. We could even print different gauge designs on the same large sheet, since there's so many variations of gauge requests out there.
The only drawback is that the MPH still isn't backlit - but at least you don't obstruct the the KMH backlighting.
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I have done some R&D on the backlit setups and have a bit of a working version. I can buy translucent sheet material and then put a vinyl overlay on the plastic sheet.
It looks pretty good. The issue is what everyone has said above. There are a least 20 different styles of this gauge depending on the original market and along with different shaped faces depending on year.
I have thought about expanding this work (figuring the cutouts especially) but I am not sure how much demand there is for the backlit version of this.
It looks pretty good. The issue is what everyone has said above. There are a least 20 different styles of this gauge depending on the original market and along with different shaped faces depending on year.
I have thought about expanding this work (figuring the cutouts especially) but I am not sure how much demand there is for the backlit version of this.
So how can I get my hands on this exact one? I need one or two. Please let me know if these are still available. Thank you
I think I may have posted this before but the cluster surround also varies between the transparent and non transparent types. Non-transparent types will be white on the back while the transparent types will be black on the back. See pic below for the differences. This really does make a difference and I didn't catch it right away early on when I was messing around with this project.
I’d be down for a 100km straight vertical one
I bought one of these from you a while back and as it turns out my cluster is backlit. I would love to get one of these that is translucent as mine kinda stinks at night. My question is: how does this install? Can I remove the stock black/numbers panel? Maybe I need to pull mine back apart to check.
This is the one I got from you, installed.
