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Old 09-21-2012, 11:06 PM
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I am looking for a different instrument cluster. But all I can find is ones like this. Mine is different though. I can not find one that looks like mine. Any one know where I can find one??
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This is the best picture I have of mine right now...
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your cluster is the one like mine that has the 4 gauges on the left side and the 2 big ones in the center and right am i correct? if so i havent seen many for them.. mostly glow gauges and not just white face gauges
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no tach?
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I've been to all the gauge sites that I know of and can't find any for the single big, and small gauges like your pic. I see the one for the 2 big gauge with tach set up, but not for the one from the 150 xl or custom.

I have another complete cluster w/tach, if you can't find what you want. It has 103k on it. You could then use a white faced dash insert. Just a thought.
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no tach is the base model work truck "XL" if i am not mistaken and i doubt you will find any for the one with no tach...
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You can get some overlays from eBay or amazon. They go behind each individual gauge so you'll just have the tach one left over
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I also have the aftermarket white overlay in my truck. The only thing I don't like about it is; the holes aren't trimmed so you have to cut the peg on the backside of the needle. I wouldn't do that trim the face so the pegs can still be utilized, the peg limits the needles travel to max and min on the gauges. The other thing I don't like is the red part that lays over the odometer, clusters have green digits for the odometer and green glowing through red is like brown, so the cluster can be dimmed but you almost can't see the odometer correctly. I know they make a white face with green which should make the odometer look factory but the rest of the cluster will be green instead of red. If I had to do it again I would leave it stock. Factory white faces look much better IMO.
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You can clean the odometer screen so it only shows green numbers. Mine lights up blue but has the green numbers
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I thought about doing that but didn't want green and red. Just wanted one color.


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