It is a 55 2nd series
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From: K Ohlgren [mailto:kjohlgren@hotmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 9:03 PM
To: Tom Cooper; oletrucks@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: [oletrucks] amp gauge for volt gauge
tom
i posted this a while back for someone else, here it is for you;
what yr is your truck? i did my 58 myself with a $20 volt gauge and a
little creativity. looks stock, too. the 55-58 gauges use the same size
guts as a 2 1/4 inch round gauge. i drilled out the stock amp gauge
faceplate rivets and put the volt gauge guts into the stock mount. the
stock gauge face has dimples that you need to hammer flat to get the
face plate sitting far enough back. after hammering the dimples flat you
just re-drill the holes and screw it on the volt gauge guts. new gauges
use plastic needles, so i cut off both and jb welded (epoxy) the stock
needle on the volt gauge. the speedo face plate has amp embosed on it
and still does. i hooked a 14 volt source to it and set the needle in
pointing to the center dot, so as long as the volt gauge is around the
middle, i'm ok. i cleaned up everything and used crinkle paint on the
speedo backing plate, i think it looks awesome. i was going to paint
everything yellow like the dash but the white letters on the face plate
would have been hard to read, so it's black crinkle now.
Kurt
58 3100 Apache project
the "Duracell Project" it keeps going... and going...
When I die, i want to go asleep and peaceful, not screaming and freaking
out like everyone else in the car.
> From: tntcoop@earthlink.net
> To: oletrucks@Autox.Team.Net
> Subject: [oletrucks] amp gauge for volt gauge
> Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 20:12:41 -0400
>
> I have gotten spooked about using my stock amp gauge with an
alternator.
> I was told the amp gauge may not be able to handle the amount of amps
> the alternator will put out, its rated at 63 amps.
> I was also told that if I get a short it could burn up my truck. I was
> going to put a fuesable link in the line but that may not avoid a bad
> situation.
>
> Does anyonme know where I can get a volt gauge that will fit into my
> original instrument cluster and still look like my amp gauge does?
>
> If there is no such creature, do I have any other options other than a
> volt gauge under the dash? What is the safest way to wire the amp
gauge?
> Thanks
> Tom in SC
>
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