Sunpro tach installed and added blue LED's to it..Pix

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Sunpro tach installed and added blue LED's to it..Pix

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If you guys have been thinking about getting a tach, I would recommend this one. It is of good quality and the price is right :thup: Very simple install and works perfect. Here are some pix of my install & I added blue led's to match my dash.
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that looks awesome. super clean.
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Sweet, I love the blue.
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tuff4rd,

Nice work!
I had to put a tach in my one ton right after I bought it, (4.11 gears really crank on the engine and I don't like beating on her).

Got a part number for the blue Led's?

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basketcase0302 wrote:tuff4rd,

Nice work!
I had to put a tach in my one ton right after I bought it, (4.11 gears really crank on the engine and I don't like beating on her).

Got a part number for the blue Led's?

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Thanks :thup: I have the smaller of the 2 super tachII's, the one I have takes these bulbs http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayI ... 0170938766
If you have the bigger tach, I think it takes a 194 bulb. Im assuming you have a Sunpro tach?
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:hj: your cluster is so clean :eek: . mine is so fogged up and faded :( . i should try to clean mine up on the inside sometime.
oh, and nice tach!
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Looks cool
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Kinda late to this thread but i was wondering if youd share where you wired your tach to? also HOW DID YOU GET YOU DASH SO CLEAR?o
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Mine was a disaster. None of the lights worked, the gauges were suspect, it was hazy and all the chrome had flecked off. I had mice in the cab, and they had gotten on top of the instrument cluster making a mess. When I took it apart, the mask was rusting on the bottom, and when I went to dust it off with an air gun, paint came off in huge flakes. I had to sand down the mask, and paint it, and replaced the bezel, lens, circuit board, sockets, and bulbs with LEDs.

Here are a couple of pictures of the end result:

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That includes:
Lens from LMC: http://www.lmctruck.com/scripts/mgrqisp ... px?page=87
Bezel, circuit "board", sockets, LEDs from NPD: http://www.nationalpartsdepot.com/store ... 016-1.html
Tach from Harbor Freight (no URL)
Time/indoor temp/outdoor temp/volts from amazon: http://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B005 ... UTF8&psc=1
Gauge pod from amazon: http://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B001 ... UTF8&psc=1
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Sorry - I wasn't trying to hijack the thread. I was excited to have an answer to a question for once! :)

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