Small Stock Guages

[mopar0166]

From what I have been reading over the last week, i cant find anywhere that some one used the stock location of the 4 small gauges and upgraded them to a more recent accurate gauge with changing the appearance from the dash. 

I wont mind upgrading my smaller gauges while i have it apart but I cant find anything that will fit in their stock location. 

Also the alternator gauge has got to go, the connections are corroded beyond repair and Id perfer a volt meter. 

If it is feasible to upgrade these gauges?   what mods will I have to do to my stock wiring harness to make it work correctly?   

The subject car is a 1969 dodge charger SE 318 Auto w no tach currently(one is on the way but it will not be in the dash.

[Chatt69chgr]

Try out the search feature.  This has been discussed in the past.  Someone has posted pictures of what they did.  I think the general answer is you can do it but there isn't something that just drops right in.  Requires some massaging to make it work.  Might look at the offerings of the major gauge manufacturers to see what you can get that is close but you are going to have to engineer the package yourself more than likely. 

[Blown70]

You mean this thread?



http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php?topic=19711.new;topicseen#new

[mopar0166]

I was basically looking to upgrade the guages that will in the guage cluster.  i wanted to leave the two big guages alone but i know thiers a lot of problems with the alternator guages and so forth.   if thiers nothing to upgrade then ill just reface the old guages and put in after market guages under the dash somewhere.

[Chatt69chgr]

There was someone on here that had found small modern gauges that they used.  They had to machine the diecast instrument panel housing to get the gauges to fit in but the finished product pretty much looked stock after it was installed in the car.  The earlier post was not that thread.  This was why I said that it can be done but does require some engineering.  Nacho is an electrical guru.  I bet he remembers this thread.