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Mine was hard mounted to the birdcage. I tested everything before the install. YOu can get a spare battery or a 12vdc power supply and bench test everything ....thats what I did so I wasnt suffering under the dash trying to troubleshoot anything
I looked at the mounting position in the manual and made note of the wire length to the plug.
This is where I mounted the buzzer/relay.
Does it look right to you ?
This is a shot of the back of the gauge pod and the pin connector I used in place or the factory connection.
Thanks guys, that confirms it for me
On a side note, I see another difference for the ‘68 in your pic. I wonder when the gusset / brace was added, in ‘69 or maybe mid year ‘68 as my early ‘68 doesn’t have it. Theres also a welded in wire clip.
For those who are squeamish look away because I’m about to show you some Bubba work …
Last night while bench testing I ran into a potentially big problem with the speed minder function of the gauge.
At one point point it quit adjusting the needle. So I pulled it apart and found the dime sized white plastic gear had lifted up and disengaged itself from its adjoining gear. Damn, I slipped it back in place with the tip of my penknife but whats the probability of this happening again once I’ve got all this reinstalled in the car… pretty good I think.
So I came up with a Bubba solution to prevent the gear from lifting off the post again and that was to put a shim between the gear post and the body of the speedometer face.
It cost me just 25 cents.
The shim is held in place with a little bit of gorilla tape.
Sorry but its the best this old mind could come up with…
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