About a year ago, I had my instrument cluster FULLY restored by Redline Gauge. These guys did an absolutely fantastic job on everything. It definitely wasn't cheap (about $1,200) but to me it was worth it. Especially because my work on this car is a labor of love - not concerned about making money back on it. Every gauge was re-calibrated, pointers were painted with the correct paint, and all marks / numbers were repainted. Clock was also converted to quartz movement as well! Very excited to see this thing light up once it's installed into the dash.
Sure is pretty to look at! You can't even tell it's been converted. I know traditionally, when you do the bypass, it renders the "Alternator" gauge pretty much useless, therefore you have to add an aftermarket gauge somewhere, but to me I really really didn't want to take away from the look of this beautiful dash.
My question is, so now that this is no longer an ammeter, do I still need to follow the MAD bypass step by step? As in, drilling into the bulkhead connector and installing a fusible link etc etc, or can this now be simplified? As you can tell, electronics / wiring is NOT my strongsuit... I'd just like to make sure I'm not doing anything extra I don't need to do, or possibly mess something up along the way.
A clock that will actually work! Going to look amazing at night...
Sure is pretty to look at! You can't even tell it's been converted. I know traditionally, when you do the bypass, it renders the "Alternator" gauge pretty much useless, therefore you have to add an aftermarket gauge somewhere, but to me I really really didn't want to take away from the look of this beautiful dash.
My question is, so now that this is no longer an ammeter, do I still need to follow the MAD bypass step by step? As in, drilling into the bulkhead connector and installing a fusible link etc etc, or can this now be simplified? As you can tell, electronics / wiring is NOT my strongsuit... I'd just like to make sure I'm not doing anything extra I don't need to do, or possibly mess something up along the way.
A clock that will actually work! Going to look amazing at night...