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70 skylark dash tach/clock adapting

Discussion in 'The Bench' started by Brandon Cocola, Jul 2, 2019.

  1. Brandon Cocola

    Brandon Cocola Well-Known Member

    Has anyone ever taken a gauge delete plate and put an aftermarket tach or clock into it.
     
    Brandon Cocola, Jul 2, 2019
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  2. copperheadgs1

    copperheadgs1 copperheadgs1

    For a factory tach there is a tach harness you can buy. The factory clock connector is already there taped back to the harness when it wasn’t used.
     
    copperheadgs1, Jul 3, 2019
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  3. LARRY70GS

    LARRY70GS a.k.a. "THE WIZARD" Staff Member

    It should be quite possible. I used an old clock housing. I had to cut out the back a bit. Your challenge will be cutting a nice clean hole in the delete plate and coming up with a way to attach the tachometer to the remaining delete plate. I might consider some type of epoxy in that case. 3 3/8" tachometers are what you are looking for. Autometer has some very nice ones.

    https://www.autometer.com/3-3-8-tach-8-000-rpm-in-dash-elec.html

    https://www.autometer.com/3-3-8-tach-8-000-rpm-4-6-8-cyl-designer-blk.html

    https://www.autometer.com/3-3-8-tach-8-000-rpm-in-dash-db-ii.html

    http://v8buick.com/index.php?threads/finally-took-er-for-a-ride.339221/page-6#post-2879949
     
    LARRY70GS, Jul 3, 2019
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  4. Brandon Cocola

    Brandon Cocola Well-Known Member

    So I am thinking pull out the delete plate and separate the face from the back. Buy tach pull the tach out of the bezel, pull the pointer off and unscrew the 2 screws holding the faceplate on. Drill the center of the delete plate for the pointer shaft and 2 for the mounting screws. Then put the tach guts into the back of the delete plate then the face of the tach with the 2 screws then the pointer then the delete plate lense.
     
    Brandon Cocola, Jul 3, 2019
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  5. LARRY70GS

    LARRY70GS a.k.a. "THE WIZARD" Staff Member

    That's a terrible idea IMHO. You'll probably end up ruining a very expensive tachometer. There is no reason to do that. It will fit into the dash the way it is.
     
    LARRY70GS, Jul 3, 2019
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  6. Brandon Cocola

    Brandon Cocola Well-Known Member

    The one problem with just cutting a hole through everything is I have pointed lenses and I don't think it will look right.
     
    Brandon Cocola, Jul 3, 2019
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  7. LARRY70GS

    LARRY70GS a.k.a. "THE WIZARD" Staff Member

    Swap over to flat lenses, they are reproduced.
     
    LARRY70GS, Jul 3, 2019
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  8. hugger

    hugger Well-Known Member

    There's no need to cut through the lens,..the tach will sit behind it,..you'll need a tach with a black low profile bezel,..this one appears to have both. Autometer had a "traditional" tach with a black thin bezel but I didn't see it,..https://www.summitracing.com/parts/atm-2699/

    Chrome pen the center of the dial and one would be hard pressed to notice anything at a glance
     
    hugger, Jul 3, 2019
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  9. 70 GMuscle

    70 GMuscle Plan B

    Have you or anyone done this yet?
    I have the black n silver auto meter.
    Or how good are the new reproductive taxes?
    Work with msd?
    Racing?
     
    70 GMuscle, Jul 20, 2020
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  10. LARRY70GS

    LARRY70GS a.k.a. "THE WIZARD" Staff Member

    I have had this Autometer Tachometer in my dash for 10+ years. I mounted it in a clock housing so that it bolts to the back of the dash like stock. Did the same thing for Bruno.
    Tachometer.jpg

    http://v8buick.com/index.php?threads/finally-took-er-for-a-ride.339221/page-7
     
    LARRY70GS, Jul 20, 2020
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  11. 70 GMuscle

    70 GMuscle Plan B

    Looks great Larry
     
    70 GMuscle, Jul 20, 2020
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  12. TimR

    TimR Nutcase at large

    Another version (link attached). Be neat if a guy could swap faceplates over but it looked a pile of work and might wreck the real tach, which I am not willing to risk. Had it repaired by a board member and back to stock, works good, but this setup worked out great and was super easy to do.

    http://fixjet.ca/tach.html
     
    TimR, Aug 3, 2020
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  13. Dano

    Dano Platinum Level Contributor

    Looks great Tim.
     
    Dano, Aug 4, 2020
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