For reference:
Last night I started trying to clean up the gauge cluster that @79PaceKar so graciously sent me. It has a factory tach adapter and all of the needles were painted a bright "neon" green. As I was trying to clean the paint from the needles both the speedometer and tach needles snapped. I was attempting to be SUPER careful, but it was a losing battle. Also, the speedometer and the fuel gauge now have some damage to the faces caused by acetone somehow leaking through the cloth I was using under the needle to protect the face in an effort to NOT have that happen.
SO..... I think the way to salvage at least the fuel gauge would be to buy some overlays.
I think I'd like to stick with the factory black instead of going with white or any other color. But as I had both clusters out I noticed that the tach I have installed in the car was a D4 part and the other tach that was sent has a D5 part number. That might explain the issues I was having before? Also, as I understand it, there are 2 different tach adapters? Both that I have are the same part number - I think they are D7, I'll have to confirm when I get home. I also noticed that the D4 tach has a wider needle than the later tach. The skinnier, tapered needle on the later tach actually matched both speedometers, but of course I ended up breaking it.
Electrical - Msd Tach Adapter 8920 And The Stock Tach....
So here's my issue. I've been running my car without the tach since I got it back together in 2005. I've had the rev limiter set and it rarely reaches anything near the limiter, so it's really no big deal. But anyway, I had a hair to finally get my tach back last week, so I tore into everything...
Last night I started trying to clean up the gauge cluster that @79PaceKar so graciously sent me. It has a factory tach adapter and all of the needles were painted a bright "neon" green. As I was trying to clean the paint from the needles both the speedometer and tach needles snapped. I was attempting to be SUPER careful, but it was a losing battle. Also, the speedometer and the fuel gauge now have some damage to the faces caused by acetone somehow leaking through the cloth I was using under the needle to protect the face in an effort to NOT have that happen.
SO..... I think the way to salvage at least the fuel gauge would be to buy some overlays.
I think I'd like to stick with the factory black instead of going with white or any other color. But as I had both clusters out I noticed that the tach I have installed in the car was a D4 part and the other tach that was sent has a D5 part number. That might explain the issues I was having before? Also, as I understand it, there are 2 different tach adapters? Both that I have are the same part number - I think they are D7, I'll have to confirm when I get home. I also noticed that the D4 tach has a wider needle than the later tach. The skinnier, tapered needle on the later tach actually matched both speedometers, but of course I ended up breaking it.