Voltage gauge for Cuda rallye dash

[larry4406]

Mr. Lee - nice job!  I would say paint the red needle matching orange (or all of them the same orange) and call it done!

[dodj]

Very nice. And it reads left to right. 

[Mr Lee]

Thanks.  Yeah maybe some orange paint would be a good idea before I put it back together.

[dylo]

Thought I'd add my non-rallye ('70 standard dash) volt meter swap procedure here. I thought it was pretty straight forward if you want to get rid of your ammeter with a standard dash. There's not much on here regarding the standard dash either, so this might be helpful to others.

1. Buy cheap eBay volt meter for about $8 and disassemble by first removing the rear bucket then the glass face and finally remove the electronic guts, the needle and the face. (Pic 1).

2. you can just squeeze in new screw locating holes by drilling into the voltmeter mounting plate. Use the ammeter face plate as a template over the disassembled voltmeter and mark where these holes go first (Pic 2)

3. attach ammeter face plate to volt meter with new screw holes and voltmeter face plate screws. trim 3mm from the voltmeter needle shaft. take a bit of insulation off the voltmeter LED power wire which was removed and slide it over the needle shaft so the mopar needle fits snug. (Pic 3)

4. put the dust cover over the voltmeter guts and insulate the nuts so it doesn't short!! (Pic 4)

5. Drill hole in the metal cluster housing  with a holesaw, as the voltmeter is 'just' too long to fit inside. (Pic 5)

6. Use the original voltmeter face plate as a mounting plate to mount the new gauge assembly to the metal cluster housing from behind with the positive and negative studs and one self tapping screw. Seal the plate with your favourite silicon to avoid dust getting in there (Pic 6)

7. Sit back and admire your new gauge cluster (Pic 7)

[anlauto]

Hey, that's a pretty neat conversion 

[Skdmark]

I'll add my conversion to this list. So simple even a caveman can do it (or a guy trapped in the basement when it's -9F outside)

I spent most of my time peeling the cover off the voltmeter.
After grinding off the two rivets on the ammeter, the factory gauge face bolted right onto the voltmeter. No drilling, trimming required.
I did have to grind / file a little extra clearance for the voltmeter studs in the diecast housing. Added a little black electrical on the bottom of the housing below the gauge for extra protection. I will change the needle over to factory one, after I get the old needle painted.

[Mr Lee]

Excellent!   

[Katfish]

I'll add my conversion to this list. So simple even a caveman can do it (or a guy trapped in the basement when it's -9F outside)

I spent most of my time peeling the cover off the voltmeter.
After grinding off the two rivets on the ammeter, the factory gauge face bolted right onto the voltmeter. No drilling, trimming required.
I did have to grind / file a little extra clearance for the voltmeter studs in the diecast housing. Added a little black electrical on the bottom of the housing below the gauge for extra protection. I will change the needle over to factory one, after I get the old needle painted.

So that is the complete Sun pro gauge including needle behind the factory face?
I like the idea or keeping the stock look

[Skdmark]

@Katfish  Yes it is.
Even the holes on the factory face plate line up with a pair of holes on the Sunpro gauge.
I ordered my gauge from Walmart.com for about $12 with free shipping.

[Katfish]

@Sdkmark
Thx for the info!
2x the benefit, was looking at Amazon, but Walmart is a better deal.

[chaps70rt]

Has anyone found a source for the FOTA label to convert it from ALT to VOLTS like Claudia's?

???

[Jay Bee]

@chaps70rt  Give Premium Dash Decals a call and see if they'd make you one. Tell them what you want or even e-mail them this cropped picture of Claudia's. I asked them once if they'd send me the large gauge decals without cutouts for the rivets and they said the could/would. I've used that center lens legend before and it's spot on.

https://premiumdashdecals.com/shop/dodge/challenger/ta/70-74-e-body-rallye-dash-cuda-challenger-aar-ta-gran-coupe-center-lens-legend-oil-alt-temp-fuel/

[chaps70rt]

Thanks JayBee ....... I will contact them.  Love it when a plan comes together.

[Jay Bee]

Let us know if they come through for you.

[fc7cuda]

I'll add my conversion to this list. So simple even a caveman can do it (or a guy trapped in the basement when it's -9F outside)

I spent most of my time peeling the cover off the voltmeter.
After grinding off the two rivets on the ammeter, the factory gauge face bolted right onto the voltmeter. No drilling, trimming required.
I did have to grind / file a little extra clearance for the voltmeter studs in the diecast housing. Added a little black electrical on the bottom of the housing below the gauge for extra protection. I will change the needle over to factory one, after I get the old needle painted.

@Skdmark

Judging from the range on the sun pro gauge, wouldn't your needle be riding right of center when the engines running?  Assuming you left the stock gauge appearance