Topic: Guage mount Project.

[754]

Been thinking of project that the average guy can do himself or do a lot of himself A while back we were talking guage mount for the mini guages. I just saw 400F,s pics of a mount he made, Thinking that was the one.

Anyway if there is any interest, I could walk you through one that is very similar, but the guages would be rubber mounted, well sort of. and the rubber part would be invisible!

It would reguire a little bit of lathe work but the rest is pretty simple, but requires work.

Let me know on here if there is any interest..

[Tim.]

Well, I for one am always interested in seeing some new fangled ideas, even if I can't manage to replicate them myself!

[stay youth]

I believe you are referring to the gauge mounts I made. I was having some difficulties figuring the best way to mount the gauges in the mount. I'm planning to mill out  a new one that will include my LED indicator lights and the gauges. I will use rubber o rings to stabilize the gauges. I would like to see some more options.

thanks

[754]

I will run thru the basics, the rest is normal work as you did already.. and it is not my idea, it may have come from Buttera or Boyd..

Basically the mount is similar to the one on the 400 or whatever design or shape you use.. & it will work with any straightside instrument.
 But the mount has to be about7/16 or 1/2 thick where the guages go thru.  So  then you will drill or bore or holesaw the hole for the guage, they can be a bit loose.

 Here it gets a bit tricky, you mount the plate on a lathe and dial in the hole, then cut a groove  (centered in thickness of plate)with a square tool.. groove depth will take a bit of figuring.. but you end up with a groove about 7mm or 8mm wide & somewhere near 70% of the 7mm or 8mm.

 Now you will cut 1 pc of silicone sparkplug wire (per guage hole) length shoud be such that the wire will fit into the groove with ends touching.

 Now wet the wire and guage and try twisting it in. you want a good snug fit..done.. could use an o-ring under the top rolled edge of the guage as well.

 This should isolate most of the vibration and allow you to position guage at any angle, ie redline at 12 o'clock.

 Originally they did this to hold exhaust pipes with no visible clamps.. very clean looking