I would like to change the gauges, and install a tack in the place where the gas and temp is. Which means I will be replacing those in the area where the radio and ac/heat dials were. Has any one changed their gauges on these trucks? I have never done this job before so I'm trying to get an idea of what i'm getting my self into. My speedometer as of right now it does not work. It worked in the past, there is a oil stain right in the middle of the dial so I'm thinking the cable is no longer good. I will need to be replacing that. I know the corolla and corona ran the same transmission so the speedometer cable might be different. If any one has done this job before, what kind of gauges did you use? Have you changed the speedometer cable?
Not sure what year your ride is, but I completely changed out my gauge cluster. I got another stock unit & made up what I wanted,all gauges are electric with a sender at the trans for the speedo. This was a lot of work & $, you may not want to go this far,but it shows you what you can do.
Speedhut GPS speedo/tach combo. I still want to get the quad gauge set up they have for the oil,fuel,volt,coolant temp to swap the left side of the cluster
TruckAction, what sender did you use for the trans speedo? I have been doing some research, and it seems like there a few ways people do this, but most seemed kinda hodgepodge to me.
Contact http://www.speedometersolutions.com/, 414 4636660 The part I used was HE22C $92.50, May be differant for you year of truck & trans type. Call them
Cheers man! Thanks Truck Action Good luck with the gauges nottoshabi. I have a VDO coolant temp gauge, and had to put some effort into finding the right sending unit for it. I found two with the right resistance range for the gauge and thread pitch to install in the manifold. They were, however, different shaped probes; one was fat and short, the other was long and narrower. I bought both to see which fit. 8 months later I finally was sent one, and gave up on the other. Luckily the one that I did get works just fine and dandy. I am looking into an oil pressure gauge, so am trying to find what psi range I need for these engines for the gauge itself, and then what sort of sending unit I need. *GPS weirds me out, so that is why I don't just go that route.
@TRUCK ACTION I have 78 hilux. @jetas I like what you did there. How did you go from analog to digital? What connector did you use? I was also thinking of splicing the wires from the existing gauges of water and gas to the new gauges. So I can place a tach in that space. Is that possible?
I used the senders that came with the gauges & did splice into all existing wires,all soldered & shrink wrapped. I had to cut the brake light & engine check light indicators from the stock circuit board & fit them into the panel, have to have in Cailf. for smog check.
The only thing that was needed for the speedo/tach was power, grounds, tapping into the parking lights and wiring to the neg. side on the coil. The Autometer temp gauge where the radio goes just needed the temp sending unit at the engine and the power and grounds
This is what Im thinking of doing. Were you able to connect the heat the and gas with out a problem? Im worried older trucks had less voltage then the newer gauges and wont read accurately.
Heat & gas?? For the fuel gauge I used the stock sender plate & fitted the Autometer sender with float. As for voltage, doesn't better how old, a 12 volt system should be just that. A good battery & alternator should keep a steady 12 volts. In my case I have two air compressors ,& two amps & electric fan, so I run a very large battery & high out alternator.
Yup, no speedo cable to worry about, GPS antenna is mounted up by the rear view(its magnetic). I can change tire size and not have to worry about the speed being off. Only issue i had was figuring out the antenna placement for best functionality after that there have been no issues. Plus the gauges are customizable
https://www.speedhut.com/gauge/GR4-...auge---120mph-GPS-Speedometer---8K-Tachometer /\ Seems to be the one