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A project I have been working on to replace the idiot lights with and LCD, to give it a more modern look.

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That is pretty sweet. Like the factory should have done.
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Very cool, can you put that in my 86 corvette ?
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Very cool, can you put that in my 86 corvette ?
Took me about a year to get it in mine.
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Unfortunately, it's not plug and play. I had to do some cutting and soldering of the wires behind the idiot lights.
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I'm also going to add and external temp sensor, to be displayed on the LCD also
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I want to take this a step further and install an android tablet and create an app to monitor the vitals. Can use a usb adaptor to get data into the unit..... someone with time and the expertise get on this.

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