Yeah, it's real simple. For '97-'00, see
http://www.dakota-truck.net/faq/Electronics/recalibrate_instruments.html
Eric Giblock wrote:
> what guage calibration !?!!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? i'll kick myself in the head
> if there is something that simple..
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> Eric Giblock
> egiblock@hotmail.com
> student / web designer
> www.gibsdakota.com
> ""Got-Speed (Marty)"" <Got-Speed@cox.net> wrote in message
> news:ajav1e$cv0$1@bent.twistedbits.net...
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>>Wow, I shoulda asked *before* placing my order LOL
>>No offense, but I am hoping you just got a lemon. Like I said I really
>>wanted them for matching up to my silver/aluminum dash. My brothers dak
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> has
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>>a white indiglo from procarparts.net and we don't like it. In the daytime
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> it
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>>is too shiney and reflective, and at night it bleeds light through.
>>Have you considered putting foam on the back of the new gauges to keep the
>>light where it should be ?
>>I think I will give that a shot. Thats another reason I went with the
>>nuimage, you really cant see what warning lights are there untill they
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> light
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>>up. The white faced and reverse indiglo have words right on the front. My
>>neighbor made his own gauges for his merkur and they came out pretty nice,
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> I
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>>will get with him when mine come in and fix some of the problems with
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> them.
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>>I will let everyone know. You wanna sell that second one you got in ?? I
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> can
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>>always return mine :)
>>BTW- I do like the reverse indiglo that Gib has, it just won't match my
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> dash
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>>! Has anyone thought to do the gauge calibration to put the needles back
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> ??
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>>You know the turn the key on-of-on thing. (99+)
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>>Marty
>>http://members.cox.net/got-speed
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>><raymond.irons@gm.com> wrote in message
>>news:OFFA4CB61B.85E0CBFC-ON85256C14.0038C845@mail.gm.com...
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>>>
>>>Morning Marty,
>>> I have the Nu Image Gauges faces in my 98 and they're ok. I was
>>>impressed with the way they looked in the catalog and on the web but,
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>>IMHO,
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>>>they aren't as nice in person. For starters, the AC controls face has a
>>>small spot at the top that hasn't stuck down completely and lets a small
>>>spot of light shine up at the under side of the dash lip, That's
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> probably
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>>>my fault for not getting it perfectly aligned when I stuck it down so I
>>>don't consider that a problem from Nu Image. I have a bigger issue with
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>>the
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>>>instrument cluster face. You can hardly see the little warning lights
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> (low
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>>>fuel, cruise, etc) at the bottom of the gauges in daylight cause they
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> are
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>>>yellow and don't show up very well against a silver background. Also,
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> the
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>>>installation instructions were off slightly. The short versions is draw
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> a
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>>>picture of the gauges showing their position at cold start up. For this
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> I
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>>>suggest taking a digital camera and taking a snap shot of the way the
>>>gauges read, much better and easier to use. Then remove the gauge
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>>cluster,
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>>>clear cover plate, needles, stock backing plate. Installation is in the
>>>reverse order of removal, replacing the needles according to the diagram
>>>you drew at the start of the procedure. After trying for 2 days to get
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> all
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>>>the needles adjusted properly, especially the speedo and tach, I found
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> out
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>>>from the company you are supposed to re-install the cluster with the
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> clear
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>>>cover plate off, start the truck and let it idle. Then replace the
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> needles
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>>>according to the diagram. I also had a problem with the black out
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> masking
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>>>on the back side of the gauge face. When I received mine, there were 2
>>>pieces of protective paper over the adhesive. I got the first one off
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> with
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>>>no problem but the second one was more firmly glued down. After some
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>>gentle
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>>>pulling, I got it to come off and proceeded with the install. I did mine
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>>on
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>>>a Saturday morning and didn't find out till I left for work at 4:30 AM
>>>Monday that when I removed the second piece of backing paper, it pulled
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>>off
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>>>3 small triangle of the black out masking. I called Nu Image and they
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> gave
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>>>me a bit of trouble about getting a replacement. They wanted me to send
>>>them the gauge face so they could see it before they would cover it
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> under
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>>>warranty. I asked them what I was supposed to use for gauges in the mean
>>>time and they said to re-install the stock face. I told them I threw it
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>>out
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>>>when I installed the Nu Image gauge face. After some negotiations (read
>>>arguing) they agreed to send me a new gauge face. I also am not very
>>>impressed with the way the light glows around the center post of the
>>>needles, or the way light bleeds through from one warning light
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> indicator
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>>>to the other at night. The stock gauge face has small foam squares
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> around
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>>>each of the warning light indicators to help seal in the light which the
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>>Nu
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>>>Image doesn't. I have the new instrument cluster face plate that Nu
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> Image
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>>>sent me, I just haven't installed it. I am considering going to the
>>>(gulp!) dealer and getting the stock AC controls cover and ordering the
>>>Indiglow gauge for the instrument cluster. I'm gonna wait until I see
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> how
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>>>Eric's turns out and see if he can get some pics of it at night. Sorry
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> for
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>>>the long tirade, but you did ask.
>>>
>>>Just my $.02 worth,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Ray Irons
>>>Dover, DE
>>>
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