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by **joey_crandall** » Sat Mar 05, 2011 11:30 pm

tach clusters

by joey_crandall » Sat Mar 05, 2011 11:30 pm

can i get one from a 4 cylinder and have it work in my v6?

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by **camoit** » Sun Mar 06, 2011 1:43 am

Re: tach clusters

by camoit » Sun Mar 06, 2011 1:43 am

i don't think so.

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by **LethalEthan** » Sun Mar 06, 2011 8:47 am

Re: tach clusters

by LethalEthan » Sun Mar 06, 2011 8:47 am

It is possible. If the tach board has a potentiometer on it. The one on my isuzu did but I went the other way. I used a v6 cluster on a 4cyl. In any case it should work. youll just have to have two tachs hooked up, one that works like its supposed to and then the v6 cluster, adjust the potentiometer on the v6 clusters tachometer circuit board until it reads the same as the other tach. The potentiometer will look like a small box, with a small phillips screw on it and probably a few tick marks around the screw. If you already have the cluster take a pic of the board and i should be able to pick it out for ya

by **LethalEthan** » Sun Mar 06, 2011 8:56 am

Re: tach clusters

by LethalEthan » Sun Mar 06, 2011 8:56 am

your looking for something like this, the little blue box with yellow screw

I'll try to get a better pic later

by **LethalEthan** » Sun Mar 06, 2011 9:22 am

Re: tach clusters

by LethalEthan » Sun Mar 06, 2011 9:22 am

ok here we go

here you can see i've drilled a small hole in the top of the cluster case so I can adjust it with it almost completely installed in the truck, If you plan on doing it this way, I suggest you remove the board before drilling the hole or you could chip the board and have to solder it back together like I did. :doh:

Remove the lens and the gauge faces

It'll look something like this

Locate the potentiometer on the tach board and mark your spot on the case to drill the hole (the little blue box with screw.)

The screws that hold the tach in go through the back of the cluster where my three fingers are

Remove them and lift the board out

by **4doorciv** » Sun Mar 06, 2011 2:11 pm

Re: tach clusters

by 4doorciv » Sun Mar 06, 2011 2:11 pm

I've seen people pull the needles on hondas before installing that reverse glow stuff for their clusters and their gauges were ways off by doing so. Even inoperative gauges happened. Any of that happen to you by pulling the needles?

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by **LethalEthan** » Sun Mar 06, 2011 2:58 pm

Re: tach clusters

by LethalEthan » Sun Mar 06, 2011 2:58 pm

I've done more than a couple clusters and no problems here. Just make sure you put them back on in the same spot or they will be off. You may need to give the cluster ignition power in order for you to get the needles back on in the correct place because they will jump up a bit once the motors have power.

by **Ram50man** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 4:13 pm

Re: tach clusters

by Ram50man » Thu Mar 10, 2011 4:13 pm

Is that cluster from your Isuzu?

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by **LethalEthan** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 4:30 pm

Re: tach clusters

by LethalEthan » Thu Mar 10, 2011 4:30 pm

yes the cluster in the pictures is from my isuzu

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