'The Green Turtle' or 'Lets Fix This Junk'
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ralphwg (01-14-2018)
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OK, before this thread goes further sideways...
I think I bought this, paid $65 with free shipping on a 'make offer'. Kind of wanted the red needles and the supercharged script is nice. Should be here next week.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/162766509742
In other news, if I don't reset the up limit on the door the windows tend to drop OK, passenger side got reset today and it stuck tonight. PITA and one place the icarsoft could shine by letting me reset the limits.
I think I bought this, paid $65 with free shipping on a 'make offer'. Kind of wanted the red needles and the supercharged script is nice. Should be here next week.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/162766509742
In other news, if I don't reset the up limit on the door the windows tend to drop OK, passenger side got reset today and it stuck tonight. PITA and one place the icarsoft could shine by letting me reset the limits.
#525
So, got a box from the post man today...
Overall I like the look without the lights lit. Make any sense? I did find out that the wrong cluster will just chime and not do anything else when plugged into the car. I wanted to see how it looked before charging ahead. I'm going to delve into the cluster and see if I can make the gauge lighting brighter on the spare PCB. I'll post some pics of that part later.
Overall I like the look without the lights lit. Make any sense? I did find out that the wrong cluster will just chime and not do anything else when plugged into the car. I wanted to see how it looked before charging ahead. I'm going to delve into the cluster and see if I can make the gauge lighting brighter on the spare PCB. I'll post some pics of that part later.
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Ranchero50 (01-24-2018)
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#528
So, got a box from the post man toda
Overall I like the look without the lights lit. Make any sense? I did find out that the wrong cluster will just chime and not do anything else when plugged into the car. I wanted to see how it looked before charging ahead. I'm going to delve into the cluster and see if I can make the gauge lighting brighter on the spare PCB. I'll post some pics of that part later.
Overall I like the look without the lights lit. Make any sense? I did find out that the wrong cluster will just chime and not do anything else when plugged into the car. I wanted to see how it looked before charging ahead. I'm going to delve into the cluster and see if I can make the gauge lighting brighter on the spare PCB. I'll post some pics of that part later.
I see that you didnt fit speedometer needles right. they need to be calibrated. also tachmometer RPM will show false values now.
#529
Gauges look awesome in the dark. Much finer resolution and the red needles look sexy.
#530
Ranch maybe as a future side project you could make a templet of the gauge binnacle and find a set of combination gauges. Something like a speedo that has an oil pressure and oil temp gauge integrated and maybe a tach with a water temp and a volt meter in the unit. Either digital or analog but maybe something doable .
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#532
Ranch maybe as a future side project you could make a templet of the gauge binnacle and find a set of combination gauges. Something like a speedo that has an oil pressure and oil temp gauge integrated and maybe a tach with a water temp and a volt meter in the unit. Either digital or analog but maybe something doable .
Thanks. I post this stuff up because it's a lot of fun to make stuff better and I think many folks feel obligated to pay someone to work on these high tech monstrosities when the reality is they are just machines dressed in a sexy skin. The future is refinement and making the car more how I want it along with the rest of the maintenance repairs. Trans fluid swap and thinking about some flavor of posi-traction is keeping me awake at night.
#533
Spent some quality time with the car and I'm overly happy with the gauges. Well worth the $65 for the XF cluster. The silver face look white most of the time in daylight and the red needles are surrounded by black trim making them look more 'defined'. At night the rings are divided into small increments where the old one was a solid ring and the white needles made a ghost glow on the gauge faces. I didn't add a 2nd layer of tint to the warning LED's and that's my only complaint.
Overall, two thumbs up!!!
Overall, two thumbs up!!!
#536
It looks like this, just not so blurry in real life. Probably asking too much out of my old Sony Cyber-shot. The center display isn't as bright either. I assume it's just how the camera sensor detects light.
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ralphwg (01-26-2018)
#537
Now if you could do something like this and make it work with the Jag info screen there would be some buyers I bet.
https://www.speedhut.com/customizer.i?clid=7074509
https://www.speedhut.com/customizer.i?clid=7074509
#538
Your link doesn't come up for me (I think since you are 'making' your own gauges). I have a couple ideas. Execution and style depends on what I can find that will work. Naturally I'll post what I come up with once I do. Think sectioning the coolant temp and oil pressure gauges from a Jag/Ford?Volvo family car and making a pod for them either under the XK cluster pod top or somewhere else like atop the steering column.
Quote from Jesse James' Monster Garage. "It has to look cool and work too". I installed a volt meter in the ammeter position in the stock cluster on my '71 F-350. Hardest part was finding a gauge with the correct sweep and then making a face plate label for it.
Quote from Jesse James' Monster Garage. "It has to look cool and work too". I installed a volt meter in the ammeter position in the stock cluster on my '71 F-350. Hardest part was finding a gauge with the correct sweep and then making a face plate label for it.
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Ranchero50 (02-01-2018)
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