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Offline ChallengerGary

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Rallye Guage Resto q's
« on: June 13, 2010 - 10:10:51 AM »
Okay - I need to start working on my 70 R/T and one of the things I think it needs is the guages tested and possibly restored.  Especially since I bought the car partially disassembled and have no idea what actually works. 

Does anyone test them and offer a decent price on repairing them ONLY if they need it?  I want to make sure when I start putting the car back together that everything works but I do not have the budget to send the cluster out for "restoration" as I see most places get well over a grand to do so.
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Offline ShelbyDogg

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Re: Rallye Guage Resto q's
« Reply #1 on: June 13, 2010 - 12:07:17 PM »
To test your Fuel-temp-oil pressure gauge, hook 12 volts to the limiter and ground the case. Hook the output to the gauge to test.  Hook a 10 ohm resistor to the othe gauge leg, then hook it to ground. It should go up to the Full - High - Hot line without going past it. bend the needle a little to set it.

The Clock and tach can be rebuilt with RT-Eng kits, not too hard to do.

I've gone with 3 different speedometers and they all seem to break because I put so many miles on my challenger. After the 3rd one's odometer gears and needle broke off, I think that I will go aftermaker GPS or electronic-mechanical speedo and put it behind the stock gauge face.

If you can't do this stuff yourself, you can always send it to Gregg here:

http://rt-eng.com/mediawiki/index.php/RTE_ClusterRecondition
Rob

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