peyton
Junior Member
- Joined
- Dec 15, 2019
- Posts
- 8
- Reaction score
- 3
- Location
- houston, tx
- First Name
- peyton
- Truck Year
- 1986
- Truck Model
- c20 suburban
- Engine Size
- diesel 6.5l na
hi folks,
the speedo in my '86 diesel suburban began to moan and the needle to bounce around a bit the other day and so i decided to lubricate the cable today. to make a long story short, it turns out someone put in a modified later model cluster and it was about 1/8" larger in both width and height than the space it was put into. i did get it out but it was brittle and i broke several mounting tabs and other odds and ends. don't know what plastic it is but tomorrow i'm going to try a little plastic welding on it and if that works it goes back in.
however, i have a 1990 (i think) cluster in pretty good condition but it has what looks to be an electric speedometer. i would really like to eventually use that one because of the 6 digit odometer and trip odometer. anybody know if it's possible to easily replace my mechanical one with the electric one? and if so, what will i need to get the right signal to it?
thanks,
peyton
the speedo in my '86 diesel suburban began to moan and the needle to bounce around a bit the other day and so i decided to lubricate the cable today. to make a long story short, it turns out someone put in a modified later model cluster and it was about 1/8" larger in both width and height than the space it was put into. i did get it out but it was brittle and i broke several mounting tabs and other odds and ends. don't know what plastic it is but tomorrow i'm going to try a little plastic welding on it and if that works it goes back in.
however, i have a 1990 (i think) cluster in pretty good condition but it has what looks to be an electric speedometer. i would really like to eventually use that one because of the 6 digit odometer and trip odometer. anybody know if it's possible to easily replace my mechanical one with the electric one? and if so, what will i need to get the right signal to it?
thanks,
peyton