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PostPosted: Mon Jun 27, 2016 6:42 pm    Post subject: Early to late gauge swap Reply with quote

Other than for appearance reasons, does anyone see a reason why I couldn't swap gauges from an early bay (73) into a later bay (75)? The wiring looks almost identical, and like I just need to find a home for a few grounds.

My gas gauge is friend and my odometer is broken, but I was able to track down earlier gauges locally for a good price.

I tried hooking up the fuel gauge and it read full, which is correct.

If no one knows, I guess I'll be the guinea pig.
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 27, 2016 6:47 pm    Post subject: Re: Early to late gauge swap Reply with quote

If the fuel gauge is for the early non vibrator style sender the gas gauge will jump around like a mofo, aside from that there's no reason it won't work.
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 27, 2016 10:03 pm    Post subject: Re: Early to late gauge swap Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Tue Jun 28, 2016 2:23 pm    Post subject: Re: Early to late gauge swap Reply with quote

Did a test hook up last night and everything works! Just need to track down a short that causes it to read full when I turn on my dash lights or high beams. I really like the look of early gauges compared to late ones, love the better turn signal indicators in particular. I'll try and find a way to run right/left separately tonight.

Thanks for the help BusDaddy and hint skillz!
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 28, 2016 5:51 pm    Post subject: Re: Early to late gauge swap Reply with quote

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Just need to track down a short that causes it to read full when I turn on my dash lights or high beams.

May be a bad ground back feeding through the gauge.
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 30, 2016 3:18 pm    Post subject: Re: Early to late gauge swap Reply with quote

That's exactly what it ended up being.

Took it for a drive last night and everything seemed to be working normally. No luck with the separate right/left turn indicator, but I'm okay with that.
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