making some progress on my sbc 307 V8 car, -- rear sway bar back in Options

[cwpeden]

Is that sway bar upside down? See pic near the bottom of this post for the right way:
http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?s=&...t&p=1829158

[jimkelly]

I think you are right (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif)

I looked for pics and AA;s diagrams before I committed to the orientation but obviously looked at them wrong. i'll flip it tomorrow. why is it when there is a 50/50 chance of getting it wrong, I do (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

[jimkelly]

why put off till tomorrow what you can to at 11pm?

corrected.

thanks again!

[jimkelly]

I guess peddle board mounts to tunnel via fixed not on access plate?

and 2 narrow body gloss black cars (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[jimkelly]

just rcvd a full set of led illuminated gauges from timothy_nd28.

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=217100

they are going to be sweet.

I can now also implement spoke's directional indicator light improvement that will have them both flash properly.

poor dash lighting, wacky directional indicator lights, and a sloppy drivers door mirror were some pet peeves I had with my car.

more pics and video to come once gages are installed.

[timothy_nd28]

Can't wait to see this modified tach work with your V8, fingers crossed. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/popcorn[1].gif)

[jimkelly]

here is a little graphic I came up with to prepare for install.
click on image to ENLARGE.

1- most incandescent bulbs get reinstalled. all BACK LIGHT incandescent bulbs get painted with black nail polish first. note that 3 BACK LIGHT incandescents can't get reinstalled because their sockets are being occupied by the RGBblk 4 wire ribbons, thus 3 incandescent bulbs will have to hang loose behind the gage cluster.

2- the indicator bulbs don't get painted black, as they are still needed.

ok, so it is now the afternoon, and I buttoned up my wiring. I now have a wire for my parking lights indicator, my high beam indicator, I made 3 sets of pictails to fed the box's purple and black wires, and I labeled my left and right directional indicators. I painted the back light bulbs with gloss black rustoleum I had laying around. I plan to pop the gages in tomorrow and get a video of them in action.

[jimkelly]

got my lights from timothy in and wired for testing.
it is so nice to finally have every light in good working order, except for oil dummy light. need to hook up a sender for that.
and real nice to be able to retain my stock tach with the V8.
it is going to be great to be able to see my gauges at night in any color is want : )

for now, I have controller wire tied to just under the steering column. I need to give final position of it and routing of wires a little more thought.

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=217100

video...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwDCp5jcSfI

[jimkelly]

a feature I forgot to check with my new gage lighting from tim.

high rpm warning set at 4000.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7-u_CQv0jo

[chads74]

I love how you did the gauge lights for your "shift light"

[messix]

do the lights have to be on for the shilt light feature to work and is it noticeable during the day in daylight?

[saigon71]

Great looking gauge set up Jim. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

I look forward to seeing this car in Hershey in the Spring.

[jimkelly]

the shifter glowing is merely a result of reflection (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

my shift knob is solid polished aluminum and bought from http://nirvanamotorsports.blogspot.com/p/p...hift-knobs.html

[timothy_nd28]

Jim, it looks great. You can take this one step further though. By integrating a temp gauge to your combo gauge will not only look better, but that gauge becomes much brighter.

Also, the controller is set for red warn only at 4k RPM. There is also a yellow warn light that can be enabled if you wish.

[76-914]

Thought I'd throw this back up front. Where are you on this? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif) Are you a candidate for my "Slacker's" thread? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)