1965 dart dash voltage

mcnoople said

Dan is not infallible (or always available) and there are others here that are very good. I believe 1 member restores clusters as a profession. I don't know about darts, but 65 valiant use an external gauge regulator clipped into the back of the cluster. Here is one on ebay and I don't see an external reg or even a place to attach it. Maybe a different set of eyes can see it, or maybe it isn't actually a 65 cluster. Hope it helps

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1965-65-DOD...t=Vintage_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&vxp=mtr

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If you look closely at the ebay photo the fuel gauge is closest to the column cutout, to the right in the photo. Notice above and between the two threaded studs/ nuts there is a trace which goes to the left to one of the studs of the temp gauge. This is the 5V pulsed output from the VR inside the fuel gauge, connecting over to feed the fuel gauge

The bottom photo is the best I could find. It's out of an early "A" van/ pickup, but it shows what to expect. It is mislabled, the terminal labeled 12 to gauge should really say "12 volts to limiter"

You can BUILD an external limiter onto your cluster. You need ground, you need to cut out the old parts in the fuel gauge (carefully) and you can use the 12 to the gauge unit to feed the new limiter, and the terminal on the temp gauge to feed the 5v from the limiter to the two gauges.