36 replies to this topic

[Coleman]

your dash pretty much looks like the sex.

THE sex.

My opinion: i go with you, i much preffer them in a strait line.

[Pie]

why not;

"Austin
Mini"

?? Also i think a glovebox would probably look better than the fire extinguiser.

[langers2k]

Much photoshopping later I have produced a range of styles that would be possible.

The black bit is not a glovebox, but it will look like one closed, it will just be a piece of wood screwed to the front of the dash covered in black vinyl... Tell me which ones you guys think look good!

[Joshmini]

The gauges will look beter like the one in your picture

[Pie]

Top picture. The black breaks up the dash more.

[langers2k]

The gauges will look beter like the one in your picture

Which gauges and which picture... Don't quite get what your trying to say? Sorry

Girlfriend also like the top one, I think I need more wood!

[Pie]

The gauges will look beter like the one in your picture

Which gauges and which picture... Don't quite get what your trying to say? Sorry

I didnt get that either

Girlfriend also like the top one, I think I need more wood!

LMAO anyone else find that amusing

[jonny d]

I did

[langers2k]

Heh I did too

Taken some wire to it today, after 10 meters worth (god only knows where it all went) I have something that resembled this:



Still need to add a connector to the end, sort out the car side of things and get some LED bulbs as the standard ones are soooo dim! Just because I could I plugged it in and turned the lights out, main dials were so dim my camera couldn't pick them up, but as for the aux ones, take a look...

[mike49]

that top image with the black cut out and slanted lettering looks top! id personally go for rounding off the edges of the clock surround but top job all the same

[Black.Ghost]

That looks really good. Id be really pleased if I could produce something like that.

The back looks complicated!

I think all the designs look pretty good to be honest.

Nice work

[langers2k]

That looks really good. Id be really pleased if I could produce something like that.

The back looks complicated!

I think all the designs look pretty good to be honest.

Nice work

Get some MDF and have ago! If you not sure how to make something, try it in cardboard first... Oh and measure twice, then cut once

The back isn't that hard, I started and the end with the aux gauges on and worked across to the rev counter. Use a multimeter to check the connections when your done and make sure you label what things are! Different coloured wires would make things easier but I only had black. If you don't try you will never know if you can do it

If it all goes to pot, just use your original dash until it looks like you want it to. There are plenty of people who sell plain dashes on ebay so you could get one and try making one around that.

[langers2k]

Its in! And its all works, the voltage readings are well off so I may need to check the voltage supplied to the dash in comparison to the alt/battery but everything else seems good. It even has its own quirks already, the tacho came from ebay and when I start the engine it doesn't give a RPM, but if you wait a 5 seconds or blip the throttle it starts working perfectly...?

[ImagoX]

Tell me more about the harness that controls all these gauges... Is it a home-built system, or did you purchase it? I like the extra gauges, but I'm not sure how you're controlling them all through that harness...

[langers2k]

Tell me more about the harness that controls all these gauges... Is it a home-built system, or did you purchase it? I like the extra gauges, but I'm not sure how you're controlling them all through that harness...

The harness is all home built, on the other side of the terminal blocks there is a stereo ISO plug which connects the dash to the car loom (which has also been modified).

The vacuum gauge is mechanical so it gets power/ground/illumination, the voltage gauge again needs power/ground/illumination and finally the oil pressure gauge needs power/ground/illumination/pressure, so really the pressure is the only one that needs controlling via an electric signal, you can see the wire as its the only green wire on the dash. This connects through the ISO plug to a sender in the engine bay.

I have tried to make a circuit diagram below showing where all the wires go. It might explain how the electric side of things work. I have removed the mini pcb from the clocks and then soldered/crimped to the fuel/temp/tacho and the bulbs.