 Center Console Gauge Relocation, Removing Center Console |
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| STL914 |
 Jan 13 2025, 04:40 PM
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Senior Member  Group: Members Posts: 1,190 Joined: 22-October 03 From: O'Fallon, MO Member No.: 1,271 Region Association: Upper MidWest  |
One of the items on my To Do List is to remove the center console installed by the PO from my '72 to get back to the original open look. I do however want to keep the oil temp and volt gauges, don't need the clock.
My question is whether or not the existing center console harness will be long enough to reach the gauges relocated to where the ashtray is/was located? |
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| Ruff914 |
Jan 14 2025, 10:30 AM
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ARuff Group: Members Posts: 10 Joined: 6-October 14 From: CO Member No.: 17,983 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
I removed my Center Console because I found the gauges were too low and I had to glance downward to see them. This caused me to loose a main bearing in a race as my Accusump did not turn on with the ignition as I designed it to, so I lost oil pressure in a corner.
Adding holes for 4 gauges at eye level allowed me to have 2" gauges for Oil Pressure, Oil Temperature, Volts, and Fuel Pressure. I found my engine cuts out when fuel level is low and I'm in a tight corner. This mod eliminates the Ash Tray (so what). I had to chop up the dash, kinda refit it to the right glove compartment side. I just shaped a piece of Balsa Wood to fill in over the gauges. Good enough for a race car. Could be made a whole lot nicer. For the gauge plate I had a local sheet metal guy make me from a cardboard template. Now I don't miss critical oil and gas level problems on the fly.  |
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STL914 Center Console Gauge Relocation Jan 13 2025, 04:40 PM
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One of the items on my To Do List is to remove th... Jan 13 2025, 05:25 PM dtmehall you could buy vdo gauges and mount for under dash ... Jan 13 2025, 06:17 PM JamesM Not sure exactly where you plan on putting them bu... Jan 13 2025, 08:45 PM FlacaProductions I'd talk to John Bell and have him make up a c... Jan 13 2025, 08:49 PM dtmehall I added them directly in line with the old center ... Jan 13 2025, 08:54 PM FlacaProductions Per my @JBell suggestion - this is the one he di... Jan 14 2025, 11:05 AM Geezer914 There are a couple of posts where owners mounted t... Jan 14 2025, 03:22 PM windforfun Somebody needs to make a heads-up display for thes... Jan 14 2025, 04:56 PM GregAmy I'm old skool and removed the center console e... Jan 14 2025, 08:07 PM
bkrantz My race car had oil temp and pressure mounted in t... Jan 14 2025, 09:10 PM |
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