Redline Gauge Works

[Shakey]

In mid-January I sent my instrument cluster to Redline Gauge Works for a complete restoration.  As most folks do, I am trying to document every aspect of my project so I contacted Redline and informed them that I'd like to stop by for a visit, introduce myself and take some photos.  I'm also interested in meeting people that I write somewhat large cheques to and the folks at Redline were very accommodating and invited me to pay them a visit.  As some of you may know, I have been in the SW all this past week and did so on my way from Las Vegas to the Los Angeles area.

Shannon, the fella that owns Redline, is one helluva nice guy.  He took time from his busy schedule (sorry to the folks that have parts there) to show me around, introduce me to all of his employees and tell me a bit about the company and how they got started.

Shannon is 38 years old, (a young guy like me  ) and got his start repairing speedometers at North Hollywood Speedometer and Clock Co. back in the early '90's.  While he was there, he spent most of his time working on speedo's and gauges for high end German sports cars and gained valuable experience that he would soon parlay into his own business.  The small and rapidly growing business is family run and the atmosphere seems to be a pleasant one as the business is run out of an older house that has been fully converted to accommodate the machinery and the work stations.  The garage houses the larger tools and the sandblaster while the work stations are broken up into three different areas of the house.

A Mopar guy through and through, Shannon does work for some of the more reputable restoration shops in the United States such as Restorations by Julius in CA (http://www.rbyj.com/) and Aloha Automotive Service in WI (http://www.alohadreamcars.com/).  Although he specializes in Mopars, he does work on all types of instrument clusters and gauges.

Anyways, here are the photos I took during my visit.

http://www.redlinegaugeworks.com/default.asp

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[mikepmcs]

Definitely looks like he knows what he's doing.  Thanks for the pics.

v/r
Mike

[HITMAN 149]

shakey...
whose cluster is that in the pics??? haahhaha would of been funny if it were a members!!!!!!
that was cool....a hell of a way to advertise!!!!!! 

[hemi68charger]

Soooooooooo, that's where my gauge cluster is right now having it's amp-2-volt metamorphism carried out..   

Thanks for the pictures......... I've talked to Shannon a few times and he seems like a straight up guy and very easy to talk to... Good customer service.........

Troy

[tan top]

Definitely looks like he knows what he's doing.  Thanks for the pics.

v/r
Mike

  

                 yep that guy knows his stuff 

             

[Just 6T9 CHGR]

Nice write up Mike.....you sure do get around

[THE CHARGER PUNK]

cool lookin 69 polara hes got sittin our front

[89MOPAR]

  I bought one of their oil pressure gages that was meant to fit in a non-rallye E-body dash. Came with the sender, etc.
Very Nice. Happy with the purchase !

[Steve P.]

Pretty cool Shakey. Thanks for sharing.  Where are you headed next??

[mikepmcs]

ooh nice try steve.

right click save this one.

[Shakey]

Pretty cool Shakey. Thanks for sharing.  Where are you headed next??

I'm on the road for one night next week and then the week after that I'll be heading out for another three nights.

I'll be sure to drop a few hints and clues in the photos!   

[dkn1997]

I wish I knew how to get the odometer wheel white again, looks like redline has figured it out!!!

[autodynamics]

this is the one he did for me....

[autodynamics]

[hemi68charger]

Here's what I got from them yesterday...... Pleasantly surprised it showed up. It wasn't due till Monday...... So, I have a weekend project now...

[Charger_Fan]

Thanks for the writeup, Shakey.
I'm definitely keeping them in mind for when I need mine done, they sure do good looking work.

[Steve P.]

Looks like they do very nice work.

Hey Autodynamics. What did that run you and how bad was it when you sent it in??

[Just 6T9 CHGR]

Here's what I got from them yesterday...... Pleasantly surprised it showed up. It wasn't due till Monday...... So, I have a weekend project now...

Troy, what did that run you for the conversion?   That would be pretty cool.  Right now I have mine bypassed and I refuse to take out my cluster again but.....

[Shakey]

Troy, what did that run you for the conversion?   That would be pretty cool.  Right now I have mine bypassed and I refuse to take out my cluster again but.....

Did you see the photos of the VIN tags from last week yet?

[hemi68charger]

Here's what I got from them yesterday...... Pleasantly surprised it showed up. It wasn't due till Monday...... So, I have a weekend project now...

Troy, what did that run you for the conversion?   That would be pretty cool.  Right now I have mine bypassed and I refuse to take out my cluster again but.....

Chris...... I believe it was $125....... I thought it was $100......  I'll hopefully find out this week........ Tinkering with Dana on cleaning and such as I put her back together............   I'm going now to connect the black and red amp wires together and MAKE sure they are isolated and insulated.... Slow going with the race on as well........

I got my dash out in about an half an hour..... The trick is letting that steering column down and then sliding it out.....

[Just 6T9 CHGR]

I've got my dash removal down to about 20-25 mins now so I got you beat there
Now its the principle of the matter

[BrianShaughnessy]

Here's what I got from them yesterday...... Pleasantly surprised it showed up. It wasn't due till Monday...... So, I have a weekend project now...

Troy, what did that run you for the conversion?   That would be pretty cool.  Right now I have mine bypassed and I refuse to take out my cluster again but.....

Chris...... I believe it was $125....... I thought it was $100......  I'll hopefully find out this week........ Tinkering with Dana on cleaning and such as I put her back together............   I'm going now to connect the black and red amp wires together and MAKE sure they are isolated and insulated.... Slow going with the race on as well........

I got my dash out in about an half an hour..... The trick is letting that steering column down and then sliding it out.....

I sent an email to redline a couple years back and the reply was that they didn't do the conversion... but I think it was some secretary perhaps that replied... a few weeks later.

So did you have to send them just your guage?   Or the whole back of the cluster with wiring also?   

[hemi68charger]

Here's what I got from them yesterday...... Pleasantly surprised it showed up. It wasn't due till Monday...... So, I have a weekend project now...

Troy, what did that run you for the conversion?   That would be pretty cool.  Right now I have mine bypassed and I refuse to take out my cluster again but.....

Chris...... I believe it was $125....... I thought it was $100......  I'll hopefully find out this week........ Tinkering with Dana on cleaning and such as I put her back together............   I'm going now to connect the black and red amp wires together and MAKE sure they are isolated and insulated.... Slow going with the race on as well........

I got my dash out in about an half an hour..... The trick is letting that steering column down and then sliding it out.....

I sent an email to redline a couple years back and the reply was that they didn't do the conversion... but I think it was some secretary perhaps that replied... a few weeks later.

So did you have to send them just your gauge?   Or the whole back of the cluster with wiring also?   

Brian,
I sent them the housing with the printed circuit board in place and the gauge I was going to sacrifice... They basically use only the face and needle.... They can silkscreen the face to read volts or the OEM amperage readings....... I choose to go the OEM route..  Shannon was real easy to talk to.. His assistance was as well, she was very responsive to my questions......

[autodynamics]

the total cost of the cluster was around $850.. they installed a tach and removed my clock, and converted the amp to a volt gauge. they also made all my gauges white. they did an outstanding job and all my gauges read perfectly. they also went over my wiper and dimmer switch and made sure they were ok also. shannon was great!!! turn around took about 8 weeks. 

[hemi68charger]

Shakey,,,  Is that printed circuit board new? Or, did Shannon "restore" it?

[Shakey]

Shakey,,,  Is that printed circuit board new? Or, did Shannon "restore" it?

I think it's just restored.

If my memory serves me correct, he cleans up the existing board with special attention placed on the contact areas and re-solders the pins in place.  I do recall him pointing out that he, unlike others, solders all the way around the pins.

To be 100% sure, you'd be best to double check with him before taking my word for it.

[hemi68charger]

Shakey,,,  Is that printed circuit board new? Or, did Shannon "restore" it?

I think it's just restored.

If my memory serves me correct, he cleans up the existing board with special attention placed on the contact areas and re-solders the pins in place.  I do recall him pointing out that he, unlike others, solders all the way around the pins.

To be 100% sure, you'd be best to double check with him before taking my word for it.

That's what it looks like......... He does great work....... The soldering of the pins is a great thing..... I've seen too many loose pins on tht boards. It has to effect the conductivty... I wish I would have known he did that, I would have had him do that on the one I sent him............

Troy