Greetings all. Been working on the dash mostly this weekend. My partner in crime is out with the flu. I got the tachometer cleaned up and lubed. It cleaned up better than I expected.
I got the multi function gauge disassembled. Can't wait to see how it turns out. I got some of that red tail light repair tape to repair the split and faded "OIL" and "AMP" indicators. I think that will work well. Over all it has always worked fine. The only problem is the gas gauge sometimes wouldn't work until you tapped on the gauge. There is enough corrosion in there around the studs and stuff to account for that so we'll see. The gauge units themselves are made by Stewart Warner. It'll be interesting to search the numbers on the back and see if they can be found. I'd like to figure out a way to make the "AMP" indicator work with the Prestolite voltage regulator that doesn't have that capability.
To round out the rest of the gauges I think I've settled on the Platinum series from Faria Beede.
I think they'll be a pretty good match aesthetically. If I can find anybody that stocks them or can get them for me. My luck I'll need to buy them by the case of 24! I pulled the tach cable out and got it all lubed up.
I Also pulled the big ol' bronze Groco fuel filter assembly off and took it apart. And as usual I forgot to take pictures! Found a half inch of sludge in the bottom of it but no filter element. The p/o had put a little plastic in line filter in before the fuel pump at least. The Groco filter elements are kinda spendy at almost $40 but they seem to be readily available. Hard to believe they'd plug up faster than a cheap little plastic filter but we'll see.
Cheers..............................Todd
