Mine is worn, dented chipped, none of the lights work, the oil pressure gauge may or may not work, wiring is melted in engine compartment. Ant thoughts, good bad or indifferent on the Dakota Digital Gauges?????
Instrument Cluster- replace
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Depends on where you are taking your truck. A restored stock guage cluster looks really nice. The Dakota guages are also great. I just powered mine up and am more than impressed.
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it is original stock for the most part, except for- cut fenders w/flares, weber carb, HFS front bumper, and aftermarket seats and will get a Vintage A/C in near future. But it has a new paint job. the aftermarket cluster seems nice and it is going to be a forever keeper (everything is for sale for a price). If the F155 craps out I will probably go to a LS motor (but fix or source another F155, to return it to original at some point)
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the Dakota isn't a plug and play?
No, it requires their senders and an ignition and constant power source. Everything is wired to a controller and then uses 1 CAT5 to the display. The newer model comes with the cluster bezel attached. The VHX uses your old bezel.
hey Shuan ,
Im partial to a NEW , and only NEW Factory Cluster , like the 83100-60180 u see here ,
it was / is plug and Play in my 1983 FJ43L-KC
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I saw one, cant get over the km/h, otherwise I would be all in,,,
Will the 50 amp ammeter work with an F155 alternator? Is an mph speedo still available and will the fuel gauge work with the earlier senders?
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All fair questions , @Jdc1
- YES since he is currently doing a Full Re-Wire with a Painless kit
- no MPH
- YES , alll my retrofits , and installs for shop clients , i did NOT have to do anything , But The OIL Sender , i only did that for Liability reasons
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Thanks Matt, I’ve been curious since seeing these available? I have experience mostly with the early 70s and late 60s 40 series. They are pretty archaic compared to the later 70s.
to be very transparent ,
i dont even hook up the 50amp meter gauge
its does not do anything when hooked up , its a Dormant static guage with NO readout value ?
so why spend the time and money wasting on it ?
the first go around , the oil sender worked , so did water temp ,
but because there all low cost easy swaps , i DO replace all the senders now
i have Never replaced a fuel sender
Are you referring to an Amp gauge as ( Dormant with no readout value ) ?
Why Yes Casey I AM
Wow.
Another ammeter thread...sorry
I know this subject has be discussed at length. I have read the thread by LostMarbles but still not sure where to go next. Like most my ammeter doesn't appear to work. (I know, who cares. But I would like it to work. I am OCD that way) . I have checked and replaced the fuses and the fusible...
forum.ih8mud.com
This a excellent Thread that discusses BOTH view points on the 30 amp meter and the 50amp meter
and if there useless or not ?
It was the most fair and balanced thread i could find ............................
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call me crazy, but I am one of those that if it is there, I want it to work,,,,,
No you are not crazy, be very careful who you take advice from.
Post up some pics of your cluster, maybe a wanted add for the needed parts will get it going and it will be OEM and work how it was designed. There is a great thread on here where someone took apart there whole cluster, cleaned it up and restored it. Now who knows how far you need to go but they aren’t that tuff to clean up.
