Show me pics of your dash

[tequilaiam]

My factory gauges no longer work and I'm done messing with the mechanical speedo. I have aftermarket water and oil pressure analog gauges already, a matching tach on the shelf and a electric speedo in the mail.

Now just looking for ideas for a gauge layout others have tried.

I have an extra plastic bezel/cover from a Ccivy truck I can cut up, mount a plate behind or maybe cut out a piece of aluminum sheet to attach in it's place. The sky's the limit for the final product but would like to keep the look retro and the indicator lamps/idiot lights functional.

Just looking for inspiration. Thanks!

 

[joshuak]

Not sure how inspirational this may be, but this pic. shows my aftermarket gauge installation. The other side of the dash is stock.

 

[richingalveston]

cucv dash with gauges



I really like mine even thought It is still a work in progress

 

[latvius]

I'm still working on actually connecting the gauges

 

[aleigh]

The stuff on the dash was just there for that trip. Relocating into my digitization rack.

edit - and now I notice this is a CUVC forum. Doh!

 

[Sharecropper]

No photos yet, but I am working on building and mounting a HMMWV gauge cluster in a custom housing on the transmission tunnel between the heater outlet and transfer case lever. I purchased a replacement lever out of a M1010 which is angled backwards and will therefore provide sufficient clearance. I have the new HMMWV gauges and sending units and plan on installing an auxillary 24 volt fuse block to power the instruments through an ignition-controlled relay. Going to do away with the ICE plug and leave the factory dash instruments as OEM. Instead of a HMMWV speedometer in the big center hole I'm mounting a new HMMWV tachometer which will be driven by a HMMWV oil pump/tach drive, which will take the place of the original vacume pump, which will no longer be needed after I install my new 700R4 transmission and TV cable.

 

[tequilaiam]

Thanks guys. These look nice.

I kind of like the HMWMV/LMTV minimalist look and I just found a hydraulic hole punch kit at work. If it has the right sizes for gauges I might replace the plastic bezel with a piece of sheet metal.

Aleigh, what's the rectangular thing at the top center of your dash? An LCD screen? That look would be cool for a custom application.

I was thinking about using an arduino and GPS module to read speed and generate pulses for the old school SW tach I bought to make a GPS speedometer on the cheap. That would let me display true lat/long and heading with no additional sensors.

 

[aleigh]

Aleigh, what's the rectangular thing at the top center of your dash? An LCD screen? That look would be cool for a custom application.

It's the warning / status light panel. You know, low oil, hi-beam, all of that.