Rallye dash autometer gauge swap
Moving forward from there the next step was to figure out the backlighting and switch indicator light situation. Which much like the mounting brackets, there were many different (maybe even better ways) to finish this step. What I ended up doing is drilling and carbide burring out reliefs into a flat sheet metal plate that I cut into the shape of the old PCB. I ended up just cutting and hogging out the pcb (orange line in the picture) for the RH turn signal indicator socket to live in.
This was so I could mount side marker light sockets that had harnesses attached. P/N in question is Dorman 85814. I decided on this route because they were in stock and ready for pickup at my local auto parts stores. After that was made up it got the same semi gloss rattle can paint treatment as the gauge mounting brackets. I also epoxied the sockets onto the plates so they would never be pulled off on accident (plate will have to removed as an assembly to service the bulbs if needed).
For the last step of this swap I moved onto the wiring. I used an autometer 8 pin connector P/N 3299 for the quad gauge and spliced the tachs harness into my existing car side wiring connector.
This setup works very well, and it cleaned up the cars interior too. So win win in my book. Thanks for reading about this swap and thanks to FABO for a great forum!!
Moving forward from there the next step was to figure out the backlighting and switch indicator light situation. Which much like the mounting brackets, there were many different (maybe even better ways) to finish this step. What I ended up doing is drilling and carbide burring out reliefs into a flat sheet metal plate that I cut into the shape of the old PCB. I ended up just cutting and hogging out the pcb (orange line in the picture) for the RH turn signal indicator socket to live in.
This was so I could mount side marker light sockets that had harnesses attached. P/N in question is Dorman 85814. I decided on this route because they were in stock and ready for pickup at my local auto parts stores. After that was made up it got the same semi gloss rattle can paint treatment as the gauge mounting brackets. I also epoxied the sockets onto the plates so they would never be pulled off on accident (plate will have to removed as an assembly to service the bulbs if needed).
For the last step of this swap I moved onto the wiring. I used an autometer 8 pin connector P/N 3299 for the quad gauge and spliced the tachs harness into my existing car side wiring connector.
This setup works very well, and it cleaned up the cars interior too. So win win in my book. Thanks for reading about this swap and thanks to FABO for a great forum!!
