93 Silverado Gage Cluster and Odometer Swap

[NCchris]

Picked this up at a local yard today. I wand to swap into my 93 Silverado to gain the tach. Can I swap my existing odometer into this cluster to keep the milage accurate? If so, do I have to remove the needles in order to disassemble the cluster? Thanks for any info you may have, I've been searching for over an hour and no definitive answer.

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[Cadillacmak]

Interesting, I wish I had an extra one to open up.

 

[Leeztruk]

You can swap out your odometer. Before taking off the cluster face plate (no, you don't have to remove the needles), unplug the little connector at the rear of the instrument cluster. That's for the odometer drive motor. Carefully remove the gauge panel from the cluster base. The gauges are a press fit into their electrical sockets. Once the cluster guts are exposed, the odometer workings are open for removal. Just 4 little screws hold the odometer and drive motor onto the cluster board. I'm not sure how the motor and odometer are coupled, so try to remove them as a unit. That's how I've usually done it

 

[someotherguy]

No big deal to it - there's just a little plastic link between the two shafts. Sometimes the link may have a different shape depending on year, so just bring them both over as a unit - the odometer and tripmeter.

I use a door panel tool to gently lift the edge of the gauge face plastic a little at a time, working around the perimeter until I have the gauges loose from their sockets. Do note the black gauge face is stuck to thicker clear plastic behind it with adhesive; you want to get the tool behind the clear plastic and the gauge cluster housing.

Try not to touch the black gauge face as you don't want to leave fingerprints, and it can be tricky to clean. It's got a very slight satin finish and if you rub it with a paper towel, any type of cleaner, etc. it's easy to leave marks on it.

Richard

 

[NCchris]

Thanks Guys!