Quiet speedometer, V6 tach and a small fuel guage for '85 S10 cluster wanted
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Quiet speedometer, V6 tach and a small fuel guage for '... - 2/7/2007 7:58:50 PM
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BlazerMan85
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K. my speedometer makes all kinds of racket and sometimes starts jumping around, so eh it's sketch. and it drives me up a wall high enough to reach the moon. Looking for a good/quiet one. Also, I have the big fuel gauge where a tach should go, so I'm looking for a V6 tach and the small fuel gauge that goes where the "FASTEN BELTS" light currently is.
thanks guys.
edit//: it's this dash: http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r60/mr740ti/blazer/100_0361.jpg
edit2:// preferrably the speedo would be from an '85 4x4 S10, so I'll have an accurate speed reading with 235/75R15s. 205/75R15s, and only being able to get car tires for that size, for the serious lose. Going 80 while thinking I'm doing 70 also for the serious lose.
< Message edited by BlazerMan85 -- 2/16/2007 8:03:13 PM >
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RE: Quiet speedometer, V6 tach and a small fuel guage f... - 2/10/2007 6:55:34 PM
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Kordog
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Check your speedo cable. I have seen more cables cause noise, and jumpy needles than faulty speedos. Plus they are pretty cheap parts also. Korey.
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RE: Quiet speedometer, V6 tach and a small fuel guage f... - 2/10/2007 9:26:53 PM
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drperry
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I wasn't aware that V6's and 4 bangers got different tachs... I just know that the 2.8 didn't get a shift light...
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RE: Quiet speedometer, V6 tach and a small fuel guage f... - 2/17/2007 10:28:02 AM
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Kordog
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It is not because of the firing order, it is because of how many times the coil fires for each revolution. On a 4 cyl it is 2 times, on a 6 it is 3, on an 8 it is 4, etc. The tach counts how many times the coil fires and determines the speed from there. Also Blazerman, I just have never heard a speedo make that kind of noise, not to say it cannot, just that the make up of the speedo is really not prone to noise. And every speedo cable I have had make noise, makes the speedo itself sound bad. Plus the cables are cheap, and easy to replace, and if yours is still the oringinal, it should be replaced now anyway. Korey
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RE: Quiet speedometer, V6 tach and a small fuel guage f... - 4/10/2008 2:06:28 PM
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muszyngr
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I disagree with Kordog, the Speedo is a mehcanical device and can definately make a noise. I took my old one out and found the metal loop in the back of it came loose and would rattle around. Since the back part is sort of magnetic it would occasionaly make contact and make the needle jump about 20 miles off either way. So I put another speedo in I bought at a junk yard and now I am dealing with a different type of noise.
By the way I drove the car without the speedo for about a week to see if the cable was makign the noise and it was not. I also wanted to make sure the cable was spinning which it was.
My advice on speedo replacement for these older trucks is to buy a new one, otherwise you are replacing a 20 year old part with another 20 year old part.
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RE: Quiet speedometer, V6 tach and a small fuel guage f... - 4/10/2008 4:22:38 PM
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FWIW, BlazerMan85 hasn't logged in since March 11, 2007.
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