1972 -73 SPORT GAUGE CLUSTER CIRCUIT BOARD REMAKE

Progress. May not look like much but over half way done:

Timustbe wrote: On a somewhat related subject.  If some of the dash lights are burnt out would that effect anything else?  I mean, if a bulb isn't working could it/would it potentially result in an incomplete circuit thereby preventing other lights or components, i.e., temp, oil pressure, or amper gauge, from working?  I'm probably going to go with the LED upgrades, if you think they'll work, with the circuit board.

The impedance of the globe elements will not effect the operation of any of the other elements on the circuit.

Or in other words if one or more bulbs were blown(open circuit) or one of more bulbs were replaced with LEDs(below standard current draw) the operation of the gauges and other warning lamps will not be affected.

However, the bit I cannot see by looking at the circuit is where the power for the instrument illumination comes from. If it is like the Australian Fords of the same period there will be a facility to dim the lighting and that dimmer is a rheostat.  Replacement LEDs typically draw much less current than the original incandescent bulb so what you may find is that the dimmer does not work like it did because the load is significantly less than what the dimmer is designed for.

Did the Torino come with a dimmer for the instrument illumination?


 

Edited by NeillNZ - 07-May-2018 at 8:55PM

Sorry to hear that Andy , hope things get better soon .

hey ,THANKS GUYS ,Means alot . 

sorry to hear that andy, hope things get better

Sorry to hear that. Hope things get better. Family first. I'll keep your family in my prayers. -Rick-

Thanks for making this happen for us. Much appreciated

I’ll be in Carlisle for the show . I’ll pick up mine , if there done then .

If you are able to bring some to Carlisle, I'd take mine that way for sure. It'd save me big money crossing the border.

Carlisle sounds good to me. Hopefully they are done in time

TIM , Johnny is correct the voltage regular,needs replaced the circut operates directional all back lighting ,on the cluster the tach,amp,oil are wirerd indivigally ,they are all powerd thru the circuit board, 

Just curious.  I absolutely want and believe I need this circuit board.  My dash is dead except the speedometer and gas gauge and I really want to move the gauges that were mounted in the center dash back to the dashboard with this.  My concern/question is... if the previous owner added the gauges do you think I can bring the dash back to life with this?  Additionally, what, if anything, do I need to make this work?  Thanks in advance. 

thanks  JOHNNY

THANKS 

 very NICE  NEILL