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1991 C/K 1500 Gauges.
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Posted: 10/26/09
08:35 PM
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Two friends drinking beer..
One says: I got needle gauges that will go into your truck!, Its even got a tach on it! (find out its was out of his wrecked 94 chev)
me: awesoooome.. lets tear out these ugly roll over gauges and put em in!
over excited, I finally got those roll over gauges that i so greatly disliked and couldnt wait to stomp the crap out of em..
Guess what... The 94 had a exposed circut board. and my orginal has a female PIN cluster in the cavity. (the gauges it self had a male PIN) Called the chevy dealer and its like a 380$ OEM part. 5 junkyards didnt even have it.
after my mistake, needless to say, I kinda put drinking and driveway mechanics dont mix, Now i dont even have a cluster like an idiot.
Thankfully its not my daily driver and I am currently puting a 327 in it.
(am I gonna need a special Tach for the Rev differences?)
I am thinking about buying a 5 gauge pod/cluster set. (4") cups. Any ideas? has anyone put a piece of steel and mounted these gauges in there like that? Kinda trying to get all the advice I can before my dad finds out.
damn it.. 
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Posted: 10/26/09
08:59 PM
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Just keep looking for a replacement. They are out there. Their is a digital dash panel from dakota digital but thats $600. Prolly out of the question. Another thing you could do is try using parts out of the wrecked truck to make the needle gauge panel work in your truck.
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Posted: 10/27/09
02:54 AM
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Now would be a good time to make a custom dash panel. I would make a sheetmetal dashpanel and just install the gauges in it.
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Jake_S
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Posted: 10/27/09
12:04 PM
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I agree with gettn and jon. Either make a custom dash panel or keep searching the junkyards and the truck forums for the part you need.
Jake
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Posted: 10/27/09
02:24 PM
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I would rather do the custom dash myself and it'll prob be cheaper than buying stock pieces
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Jake_S
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Posted: 10/27/09
03:56 PM
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True. He could probably grab a scrap piece of aluminum or stainless for cheap, cut it and bend it to fit rather easily since the 90 chevy trucks have a rectangular opening with a slight bend out towards the edges, and Summit/Jegs always have a package deal on gauges.
I might do that for my Burb!
Jake
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