1980 Cutlass Supreme

[Hotboyrn84]

Thanks and I’ll be looking into a better solder gun then... in relation to the sensors no... the original car and motor had the sensor for the dummy lights and to compound even if it hadn’t I sold the motor as soon as I pulled it to someone with a 80 that had blown the original since it ran well still and they didn’t have money to buy and rebuild a motor. I broke my finger pulling the motor and was at a pick n pull and a guy was speaking about trying to replace his so I was mad at the motor lol and thought I was helping someone too. Not that it hurt me to help because it would be still sitting taking up space if not. Only charged him 100 and at the time it ran and sounded clean.

Hey there. What do you mean by “full” gauges? The rallye cluster has temp, oil, tach, gas, and mph but I’m not sure if that’s the answer you needed.

 

[Hotboyrn84]

Does your 80 have full gauges? If so you need senders for a 1980 Cutlass. The senders should be the same thread. If not adapters can be used.

Hey there. What do you mean by “full” gauges? The rallye cluster has temp, oil, tach, gas, and mph but I’m not sure if that’s the answer you needed.

 

[Hotboyrn84]

So update... I found a tach harness and just hope the consol wiring has the original female end to tie the tachometer lead into like factory or I’ll be doing more dreaded soldering... I believe I have the correct part numbers for the sending units now so cross our fingers there.

The power issue/battery drain looks like it’s because the interior power and chassis power had a fuse able link burned out between that and the alternator smfh... after searching all the wiring i stripped away some electrical tape to find that.

Doing some searching for a good soldering fun for think gauge wiring applications so any suggestions will be much appreciated.

 

[Hotboyrn84]

Also I’m buying some aftermarket door panel lowers and just sent pics of the interior to see if they can color match the panel and panel carpeting... the aftermarkets have a speaker opening and I want to improve audio sound so it’s a win win if they can match the color and they fit.
That way all I have to do myself is cut out space for the power windows on the original door panel uppers which are in good condition.
Gonna need to buy some a pillars because they are dry rotted and way down the road either have the dash repaired if possible or find a replacement.

 

[olds307 and 403]

Hey there. What do you mean by “full” gauges? The rallye cluster has temp, oil, tach, gas, and mph but I’m not sure if that’s the answer you needed.

Yes, that is full gauges. As I said, you senders to match the year of the gauges.