Factory tachs

[noJeepshere]

Thought some of you guys might be interested in this:

http://www.lmctruck.com/newparts/csb/csbrpt.htm

And this:

http://www.lmctruck.com/icatalog/cc/full.aspx?Page=110

You can have the factory tach in your truck. This is the way GM should have made every truck, instead of offing the tach altogether.

 

[str8axle55]

Nice, it`s about time. Hopefully it`s not a POS, the price doesn`t seem to bad, if the quality is good.

 

[dyeager535]

Fairly reasonable too! Cheaper than what you can buy the clusters for, at least the later ones in decent shape.

I personally have no use for a tach. It was a novelty, and the novelty wore off.

Now if someone would just re-do the clusters so that the gauges and lights were hard-wired, we'd be set.

 

[Brian_D]

Totally awesome~! thanks dude.

 

[sweetk30]

factory can be rebuilt .

and dont forget the printed board behind is diffrent as is the white housing .

all this can be work around with little thinking.

and quality level these days on repo stuff

 

[Babaganoosh]

It is about time they came out with something like this.

 

[jeff in co]

Great find! Glad I just re-did my whole cluster....

 

[noJeepshere]

If I had the spare change I would buy the whole cluster, because in the catalog they have all the gauges, oil (mech and elec) water temp, ammeter and voltmeter, clock, big and little fuel gauges, and all variations of speedo's. I'd get the 80-up tach, a 100mph speedo, and all electric gauges and associated parts to go in my dream 2wd Blazer.

 

[Irish1941]

Did factory tach in my '89. Looks like it was born there.
Pretty easy to get if you shop around. Mine came out of a '86 1 ton 4WD.
Only one you can't put a tach is '90-'91 with the electric speedo. It would work but there is just no room for it with the speedo housing.

 

[Keitha]

My Sub has the oversized gas guage in the right bezel location. Where are you all relocating that to if you install this Tach?

 

[Irish1941]

Lower left where the clock would go or the idiot light. Just need the small fuel gauge. Pretty easy to find.

 

[dyeager535]

My Sub has the oversized gas guage in the right bezel location. Where are you all relocating that to if you install this Tach?

It will take a bit of work to fit if this is for the '91.

The '90-91 (at least) cluster housing is completely different than the previous ones. The housing isn't cast to accept any gauge in the lower left position, I can't recall if the cluster housing has even got the holes for the contacts cast in. There are a couple of plastic ribs blocking installation of anything. Could obviously be cut out.

 

[78SWB]

I would like to do this, but the kits from LMC are expensive.

 

[80' 427]

I am just going to get mine redone and changed to 7k

 

[sweetk30]

2 places i have saved that offer repairs / mods

http://www.autoinstruments.com/index.html

http://www.tachman.com/oldsun.htm