Hey Mopower, thanks for your trouble to show me those picks that looks great! This gives me some idea of what I was thinking and how it would look. How or what did you use to paint those panels or are they new? Did you put those gages in your self and did ever thing plug right together or did you have to buy some special electrical pig tails, splicing, etc. Thanks again Propwash.

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The panels were new. The original VDO guages had push on spade type connectors and the new Farias had studs and nuts. I was able to get 90* adapters that went over the studs so I could simply plug in the original wiring. Also added water pressure , fuel pressure , and oil temp. All that wiring was new. The white panels certainly brightened up the dash area and the illuminated trim and tab switches were a help after dark

Hey Mo, do you happen to have the name of the company on your dash work and a phone no. for a contact? Thanks Prop.

What is your setup for water pressure? Sender and gauge package? Do you have a dump valve and thru-hull fitting?

Jay,

The water pressure is a mechanical pressure guage with a tube like a speedo. I drilled and tapped a hole in the t-stat housing right by were the water comes in from the oil cooler. I'm also running Johnson crank mounted pumps in lieu of the Merc belt driven ones since they are almost impossible to get to in my 272 with BBs.

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Mo, it is really looking good. Were you able to get the dash panels from Formula? Any problems using the stock "senders" from the original VDO guages with your new units. I'm starting to have a couple that occasionally "fritz" around a little then go back to working, probably a ground. But I would also like to change guages. Russ

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Mopower- Also interested in where you were able to get the new dash panels.
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