Triple gauge... need some ideas, might be making a batch |
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Triple gauge... need some ideas, might be making a batch |
si2t3m |
May 2 2003, 08:35 AM
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914 addict Group: Members Posts: 346 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Qc, Canada Member No.: 119 |
Hi all,
Had to pull the tripe gauge cluster out again as a wire on the fuel gauge got loose and shorted. The backplate itself is pretty easy to fabricate (as i have mine as a template). I'd improve the backplate design so it accepts a 74-75 fuel instrument instead of the older ones. The change regards the way that the connectors for the instruments are installed on the back plate. The 74-75 ones have the connectors built in the body of the instrument instead of the cheezy remote connectors that hold on the backplate by bending the connector tabs against some orangish cardboard and hoping that they will not move & short. The ideas i need regards the face plate. I'm trying to locate some material that could be used to fabricate it. Well, the same material that is used for these: Gauge faces The gauge face that came in the triple gauge kit needed that you cut the tabs from an existing gauge face and glue them onto the new face plate. This allowed to keep the gauge face at a certain distance of the glass. After a while, the tabs either unglue, and fall. I'd go with a smaller OD for the new faceplate and it could be glued to an old faceplate (with the middle of it cut out). One thing, the actual openings for the gauges and the lights on the faceplate are rouded out. The face plate goes down a bit near the openings for th gauges and the lights (Hard to explain with my poor english!). I don't think this could be reproduced so the face plate would be completely flat. Anyways, if some of you have ideas regarding the material that could be used for the faceplate, i'd probably go into getting a batch made. Marc-André |
si2t3m |
May 2 2003, 06:42 PM
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914 addict Group: Members Posts: 346 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Qc, Canada Member No.: 119 |
I'll be getting a quote at the begining of next week.
I saw how they do it. Pretty nifty. Looks like a small CNC machine. Regarding the finish, yup, the kit Don used to sell was powder coated and semi gloss. It was ok, but not satin like the other one. This one will be satin. I'm trying to figure out the proper fonts for the OIL, TEMP, PRESS words. Also looking for the BRAKE and ALTERNATOR graphics. Sabin told me to just take a good picture of a gauge face with a ruler next to it. He's a graphist and can make the silkscreen for me. I have no clue how much this is going to cost! I didn't tell him it was a Porsche gauge!!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) Marc-André |
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