Buick Century Cluster and Radio Switch

[turbokinetic]

Well, I just got my balky radio switch fixed. No more wedging a screwdriver beside the button to make it stay ON. To get the spray to the mechanism needing the lubrication involved taking the radio partially apart.
http://68.209.87.173/Temp/Delco_switch.jpg


I like to have as many instruments as possible, and the Century's cluster is not too well-appointed. The original one only has a speedometer and a gas gauge. I had a cluster with a gas, volts, and temp gauge from an older car that had a bad speedometer head. So I took the speedometer head out of my good cluster and repaired the old one.

http://68.209.87.173/Temp/Cluster1.jpg
http://68.209.87.173/Temp/cluster2.jpg

The cluster with the temp gauge originally had a trip odometer but that was bad and the good speedometer head I had to use has no trip odometer. So I put a strip of black electrical tape over the areawhere the holes for the trip and trip reset are located. You can't see the edge of the tape with the cluster assembled and it has the same color nd texture as the other black surfaces in there.

The basic cluster and the "gauges" cluster have completely different wiring pin-outs. I made a very rude, crude, and socially unacceptable drawing of the different pinouts as well as the VSS information.

I originally drew this for my own use to re-pin my car to use this cluster but I decided it might benefit someone here and it is quick to scan and post so here it is...

Not wanting to cause this to appear automatically, here is a link you can click on manually to look at my cruddy drawing. It was late and I was tired when I did this and it has not been verified. ;)

http://68.209.87.173/Temp/cluster_pin2.jpg

Will have to figure out how to get the temp sender installed since I am already pretty well out of sensor holes in the engine...

Hopefully today I can get this installed and figure out why the VSS signal is not getting to my transplanted ECM for the TBI conversion. Need to get the Lockup Torque Converter and cruise working.

Wish me luck at the parts stores getting a temperature sender on the way to the farm today!

[SCREECH]

...the good speedometer head I had to use has no trip odometer. So I put a strip of black electrical tape over the areawhere the holes for the trip and trip reset are located.

I've got a Century cluster that doesn't have a tripmeter either...it doesn't have room with that TACH in there. :rock:

http://screech.ws/miscpics/t-type_cluster/tach1.jpg

It's a Canadian console-shift cluster pulled from an '86 T-Type. Here's a full shot of the cluster:

1986 Century T-Type Cluster (http://screech.ws/miscpics/t-type_cluster/cluster1.jpg)

It's one of the items I will be selling shortly. I finally got my '92 Trans Sport back on the road (but now have to replace the starter) and will then be tackling the garage. As soon as the garage is clean, the International goes in to complete it's roadworthiness maintenance (finally).

[turbokinetic]

Hey I like that cluster with the LED tach. I could build an LED tach like that. What would that be worth to, to sell?

[SCREECH]

Hey I like that cluster with the LED tach...What would that be worth to, to sell?

To be honest, I don't quite know. I will have to consider how bad I want to get rid of it (it's one of those parts I always figured on using, but have to be realistic about) and I'll post a price with the list of stuff I will have. If you want to make me an offer before then feel free to e-mail me at screech@screech.ws.

[BignastyGS]

Both of my GS's have the tach...lol I even bought a complete cluster that had a tachometer in it for 20 bucks. I used that tach to replace mine since 2 bulbs were not working. I am not sure if the bulbs could be replaced or not.