Gauges
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Gauges
I have been wanting to add a transmission temp gauge in place of the clock on my 74 and came up with an idea. Use a coolant temp gauge and sending unit. Order a set of white face gauge stickers. Scan the temp gauge sticker. Change the words to read trans temp and have a decal shop print it. Will this work? Any thoughts or ideas would be great.
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I have been wanting to add a transmission temp gauge in place of the clock on my 74 and came up with an idea. Use a coolant temp gauge and sending unit. Order a set of white face gauge stickers. Scan the temp gauge sticker. Change the words to read trans temp and have a decal shop print it. Will this work? Any thoughts or ideas would be great.
Another option, you can do like I did when I re-did my interior. Find a gauge cluster from an '80's Vette that has the oil temp gauge, and install that cluster. You can even use the stock engine oil sender, only install it in the trans, and run your own wiring from the gauge to the sender. It'll read the oil temp, but from the trans instead of the engine. The cluster 'should' bolt right into your bezel, and you 'might' even be able to use your stock wiring harness for the new cluster with the exception of the new gauge.
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http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1712871
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...p?p=1560377756
I added a late C3 80s oil temp. gauge in place of the clock a long time ago. The 80s needle is white & needs to be changed to match.
The gauge says OIL TEMP on it.
There have been several topics on this from the beginning of the forum.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...p?p=1560377756
I added a late C3 80s oil temp. gauge in place of the clock a long time ago. The 80s needle is white & needs to be changed to match.
The gauge says OIL TEMP on it.
There have been several topics on this from the beginning of the forum.
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Another option, you can do like I did when I re-did my interior. Find a gauge cluster from an '80's Vette that has the oil temp gauge, and install that cluster. You can even use the stock engine oil sender, only install it in the trans, and run your own wiring from the gauge to the sender. It'll read the oil temp, but from the trans instead of the engine. The cluster 'should' bolt right into your bezel, and you 'might' even be able to use your stock wiring harness for the new cluster with the exception of the new gauge.
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The 78 up bezel cluster will not fit 68-77 dash w/o mods & more importantly will not fit 68-76 console w/o mods. One could change the 74 console & gauge needles ...
I changed to the later bezel awhile back after replacing the clock w/ the later oil temp. gauge though it fit in the 77 cluster. This makes the gauge openings the same.
I changed to the later bezel awhile back after replacing the clock w/ the later oil temp. gauge though it fit in the 77 cluster. This makes the gauge openings the same.
Last edited by Ganey; Mar 23, 2008 at 01:57 PM.
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Racer
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Ok so then will a gauge from an 80's Vette fit in a 74 bezel without a lot of modifications? There is a swap meet coming up at the end of April and it would be helpful to know what year gauges will fit in my bezel.
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The 78 up bezel cluster will not fit 68-77 dash w/o mods & more importantly will not fit 68-76 console w/o mods. One could change the 74 console & gauge needles ...
I changed to the later bezel awhile back after replacing the clock w/ the later oil temp. gauge though it fit in the 77 cluster. This makes the gauge openings the same.
I changed to the later bezel awhile back after replacing the clock w/ the later oil temp. gauge though it fit in the 77 cluster. This makes the gauge openings the same.
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Batman
You need to make a note of who you are copying from.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1241595
Originally Posted by Ganey
The 77 cluster has sides or "wings" that extend to the 68-77 dash. The dash was redone for 78 & the 78- cluster does not have the sides. ...
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Batman
You need to make a note of who you are copying from.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1241595
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B&M Temp Gauge
Since I have an 80, that has a clock (that does in fact work, but I don't need it, as my stereo has a clock and so does my wrist 
)
Could I take a 2 1/16" temp gauge (like the B&M) and put it in place of the clock, and IF SO, would I have to mod it so that clock would NOT be able to be put back if in future I wanted to do that????
)Could I take a 2 1/16" temp gauge (like the B&M) and put it in place of the clock, and IF SO, would I have to mod it so that clock would NOT be able to be put back if in future I wanted to do that????