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Bought a C65 gauge cluster

79bonanza

79bonanza

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This is just a google pic but mines pretty much identical.
My plans are to go thru clean it up run some better lighting in it than factory and mount it in my crew cab. I've been looking for one of these because with the big block the tach is perfect and I've always hated the giant fuel gauges. I plan on removing the bottom left gauge, (it's for like vacuum or something) and putting another factory temp gauge in it's place and plumping it to my transmission. I'll just paint trans on it.

Just thought I'd share
 
Nice! Do you know if the pinout and plugs are the same? I'm probably going to do the same thing you are to solve a few dash issues I have
 
Nah man I don't know, honestly I'm just gonna hard wire mine in because I'm swapping to a 91 electric speedo and a couple different year factory gauges. Shouldn't be too hard
 
Hey SweetK30, just curious but that air pressure gauge, doesn't it read too much to be a boost gauge. I just assume that's what you were going for with it
 
Ohh haha I didn't even think of that, I was just thinking "well I guess he could have some big built up diesel going in a truck or something but it doesn't look like it starts reading until 30 psi" lol
 
I just found two more of those clusters...But I think they are plug and play, as long as they are the same years. 1979 and newer will work with the 80s. Just need to run the wires for the tach-o-meter.....
 
You lose your brake warning light and your seat belt light. I haven't hooked mine up yet but traced everything on the printed circuit and it all appears to match. The plug on the back fits it just has a couple more wires you won't need.
 
If you want bright, paint the inside white, then get the white gauge face, you will have to turn the dimmer down!!!! People think ur filming a movie inside the cab lol....
 
Hey guys, what size wire do you think I should use for my cluster. I'll be hard wiring the whole thing gauges and lights. I was thinking 18 or 20 gauge would be small and easy to route. What do you guys think
 
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