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Old Feb 8, 2007 | 02:31 AM
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Apart from the oil TEMP gauge instead of the clock, are there any other differences between my 82 console gauges and earlier console gauges?

Can anyone post pics of any differences please?

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Old Feb 8, 2007 | 07:48 AM
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When you say earlier, what years are you referring to? Several Corvette catalogues will have pictures of the different style gauges and instrument gauge housings. There were at least three changes during the '68 thru '82 years.
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Old Feb 8, 2007 | 08:12 AM
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I think you mean oil temperature gauge... not oil pressure. Both the 81 and 82 use the oil temp gauge instead of the clock which was moved to the radio otherwise your gauges are basically the same as a 1980. As posted already, there were modifications during the C3.
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Old Feb 8, 2007 | 08:39 AM
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Originally Posted by early shark
When you say earlier, what years are you referring to? Several Corvette catalogues will have pictures of the different style gauges and instrument gauge housings. There were at least three changes during the '68 thru '82 years.
Early as in 68-76. Are they much different in size or style to 82 gauges?

I've been looking at http://www.whitegauges.net/ and they only have 68-76 and I was wondering if they would be ok for my 82. They said they would make overlays for my 82 gauges but I have to send my gauges to them for them to do so. And, as I'm in Saudi, it would cost a mint to do that.

If the 68-76 gauges aren't much different, I could send them just an oil temp gauge so they could make an overlay for it to go with a 68-76 kit.
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Old Feb 8, 2007 | 08:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Frankenvette
I think you mean oil temperature gauge... not oil pressure...
Well spotted and yes, I did mean oil TEMP thanks
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Old Feb 8, 2007 | 08:57 AM
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I am using an oil temp gauge with my Early gauges. I just swapped to a red needle. The size is the same.
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Old Feb 8, 2007 | 09:08 AM
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Volt meter vs. Amp meter
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Old Feb 8, 2007 | 10:49 AM
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Whitegauges is not up to speed with the changes in the cluster area. 68- 76 seems ok. But 77 has a volt guage not amp. They are trying to work through this when it will happen I don't know.
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here are my guages...
probably doesn't help with your inquery however.
the previous owner did a hacksaw job on the stock pod and threw the nordskogs in.

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here are my guages...
probably doesn't help with your inquery however.
the previous owner did a hacksaw job on the stock pod and threw the nordskogs in.
Nah, digital's not my thing
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