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Old 06-28-2009, 11:10 AM
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My buddy took off his needles to color them and forgot where they were, any ideas on how to get those to line back up correctly? (this is on a 95 z28 camaro)

and he also had questions on which bulbs to replace when doing the cluster color change. If anyone could supply a picture with the bulbs you need to replace that would be awesome!

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This is off the top of my head, so some folks may have some good tweaks to this process. Also, if you have a code scanning tool that will read the PCM, that will make some of these a heck of a lot easier to dial in perfectly.

Step 1: Smack the crap out of your buddy.
Step 2: Get a new, smarter buddy.
Step 3: Don't let your new buddy ever touch your car.

Step 4: Run the engine until its up to temperature. While its running, put the coolant and oil pressure needles on so they are pointing at 12:00. Put the voltage needle on so its indicating 13.2 volts.

Step 5: Run the gas out of the tank until the gague light comes on. Adjust the needle so its just a couple of ticks ahead of "E".

Step 6: Turn the accessories on with the engine off. Set your speedo and tach to 0. You may also want to tweak your oil pressure a bit also.

Step 7: Get a GPS and drive down a straight road and use it to calibrate your speedo. This is the most accurate method to calibrate your speedo assuming you are traveling in a straight line.




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