FINALLY got a tach in Kipper! 

"19JRC99" (19jrc99) 05/21/2017 at 04:45 • Filed to: Kipper, Gauges, Dash

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Pulled a cluster out of a yard a few months ago. Swapped my speedo (for the odometer) and the little Dodge nameplate into it, and put it in the truck. It works! The dash lights went out on the old one, so I was stoked to see the ones in the new cluster worked like new.

The old cluster.

Much better! The dash bezel was out because A. It had to be and B. Dad decided he’d paint it for me.

shop-teacher > 19JRC99 05/21/2017 at 07:20

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Nice swap!

TDogg > 19JRC99 05/21/2017 at 09:13

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Why on earth would they have so much wasted space on the original? Looks much better now!

19JRC99 > TDogg 05/21/2017 at 09:40

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So they could charge extra for the tach probably.

E92M3 > 19JRC99 05/21/2017 at 10:04

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The $1200 “deluxe trim” includes a tachometer, chrome wheel beauty rings, and a locking gas cap.

Svart Smart, traded in his Smart > 19JRC99 05/21/2017 at 10:05

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But now you won’t have a seatbelt reminder gauge. Sad!

Urambo Tauro > 19JRC99 05/21/2017 at 10:41

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Ooh, a tach! This was a direct swap? Everything works?

Connqr > 19JRC99 05/21/2017 at 10:42

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Why was the gas gauge so big on the old one?

19JRC99 > Connqr 05/21/2017 at 11:04

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They had to put SOMETHING in place of the tach.

19JRC99 > Urambo Tauro 05/21/2017 at 11:05

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Everything that worked before. Something under the hood got pulled so the temp gauge doesn’t work. That was months ago. It was pretty much plug n play.

19JRC99 > Svart Smart, traded in his Smart 05/21/2017 at 11:05

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Whatever shall I do?!

Urambo Tauro > 19JRC99 05/21/2017 at 11:49

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Hm, hopefully that temp circuit won’t be too hard to track down.

How about the tach? Does it work, even though it wasn’t part of “everything that worked before”?

19JRC99 > Urambo Tauro 05/21/2017 at 12:35

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The tach is friggin’ FLAWLESS.

Urambo Tauro > 19JRC99 05/21/2017 at 12:48

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That’s awesome!