[elky] Re: Printed circuit board for gauges
- From: John Christensen <johncgg@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:21:24 -0500
I have been thinking of taking the Malibu cluster I have in to the people at
Autometer to see what is available to fit in it. I think they are in
Sycamore, but I don't know if you can just walk in the place. I know Mike H.
put aftermarket gauges <http://www.myelcamino.net/ec/list/DSCN0394.JPG> in
his Elky, but I think he made a flat board for them. I imagine they work
though <G> I think it would be cool to see the Autometer units in the stock
dash somehow.
Then I would need a speed sensor for the Fuel Injection. Got any suggestions
for that? I suppose I could tap off the sensor from the speedo cable/trans
mount type and run both an electronic speedo and the ECM.
All this is provided my son gets a job after college is done in December.
Things are looking good. Target wants him for a manager, but Chase Bank is
where he wants to be, and that looks good too so far.
JC
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John Christensen
1984 El Camino "Elkenstein" 350 TBI
NECOA #042 http://www.myelcamino.net
Saint Charles, IL
On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 7:59 PM, Robert Adams <ladams21@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I think I have the headlight switch bracket and knob you need from the
>> Monte parts car. I'll look.
>>
>> My amp gauge always looks low V, and jumps with the turn signal, also when
>> the lights go on. It should a little, but not as much as it does.
>>
>
>
> That's cause of the connection at the pcb to harness. Mine never
> did it before.
>
>
> The light bulbs are always intermittent in these. Cindy's brand new 1978
>> Cutlass Supreme Brougham had that problem from day 1. Taking it in for
>> service only made it worse. The tach light was out its entire life.
>>
>> The center on in the cluster is out on both the Elky and the Monte.
>> JC
>>
>
>
>
> Mine have always worked and I have only had intermittent...
> The printed circuit board on mine is in very good shape 3 spots have
> demlaminated at ends but it doesn't affect how it works. The real problem is
> the connection between the harness and the PCB and all the other little
> contacts at clips etc cause the copper corrodes over time. Even at that it's
> the harness to PCB connection that causes all my problems.
>
>
> I have my stock cluster in here looking at it... And test
> fitting the gauges with the board on the back. I cut wire and got it started
> in the board and bent over so they stay in. Will solder them in tomorrow. I
> didn't have many different colors of small wire so I took a roll of purple
> wire and all the wires are purple... I'll mark the ends and splice them all
> in when I take the cluster back out of the elky.
>
>
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>
> Robert Adams
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