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Whats a good quality but non wallet busting gauge set? By set I mean Spedo,Tach,volt,oil,temp,and gas.

I'm interested too.

They seem to run the gamut. Unfortunately, I suspect that in most cases, you get what you pay for.

Anybody know of a good quality medium priced set?

Speedo, tach (prefer 6k top end), oil press, water temp, volts or amps, fuel.

FWIW, VDO has a neat 55mm 0-6k tacj that would fit nicely in a Townie dash for $55.

A lot of people seem to like these and they aren't too expensive. I can't say I really like any of the designs.

http://www.dolphingauges.com/dolphin_gauges.html

I'm looking at these
http://www.autometer.com/cat_gaugedetai ... 394&sid=18
Anyone running these?

I run a couple of Autometer gauges and they are really nice units. I have a vacuum gauge and an oil pressure gauge (electric, I just can't bring myself to pipe hot oil into the cab no matter how good the materials and connections are). I don't run that exact style sub something similar.

I used to run Autometer accessory gauges, great quality but they're a bit pricey. Sunpro has a nice product line and is more reasonably priced.

Boons wrote:I'm looking at these
http://www.autometer.com/cat_gaugedetai ... 394&sid=18
Anyone running these?

I like the way those look.

I have Isspros in mine. Used for years in 18 wheelers. They have several different lines, some of which are better than others. More $$$$, too.

I am looking for gauge as well, but what I want to know is the difficulty in the installation of the devices, I have no electical in my truck I recieved and engine transmission, 4 wheels and a body, I need to know how restore the electrical system. any ideas?

I'm running "autogage" by autometer in my 69 The trio runs $60 ish from Summit. If $$ is a big factor look around on E-Bay and you'll be able to pick up some Sunpro or Equus gauges for easy money - especially if it's a discontinued line

I used IEQUUS gauges for my powerwagon. I bought them from Schucks Auto Parts or whatever they call themselves now. I really like them. I built a gauge panel out of aluminum and used LED lights for the turn signals, high beam/parking brake/4wd indicator lights. I was having problems with wiring because this truck sat for many years and the mice ate the wiring so I started from scratch. It wasn't what I'd call easy but not bad.

Wow, I like those alot.How much did they run you?

Also where were they manufactured?

NICE ! I did something similar on my 79 PW. Pretty much just hole sawed the original openings to accept 2" gauges and modified the speedo board to keep the speedo, signals, etc.

Well I ordered a set of Equus gauges, Ill do a tutorial or something when I install them.Should be here some time this week.

I had some Equus gauges in my Fury when I first put it together to keep an eye on the 440.
Just needed something cheap and temporary, O'Reillys had them for about $20 each.
The mechanicals were pretty accurate, however the oil gauge sprung a leak and filled with
oil after 6 months! I then switched over to electrics, but the temp gauge was off 20 degrees
and the oil pressure was off 15 pounds! I then switched over to Autometer electrics
and they are dead on.

My 71 had a Equus triple gauge set in it when I bought it. 2 yrs later they were all dead.
The previous owner installed them because factory gauges didn't work. Once the Equus
gauges died I did some checking and had the factory ones working in a weekend. Just bad
grounds and a sender.

I do still run the Equus tach Truckluvr shows. It has proven to be a reliable, budget tach.

I was planning on running Aurora gauges but then heard they were crap. From what I hear Autometer and Classic Instruments are supposed to be the best but they are usually higher priced. I guess you get what you pay for.

The Equus were priced the same as the Autometer gauges (A tad more actually) and they look 10x better.
I bought all mechanical.