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A pillar gauge pods

From 1986 Ford Bronco “Eddie Bauer” — documented by Sixlitre.

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1986 Ford Bronco - On sale this week at CTC for $23 CDN ($16 US). Faze # FZ 3014 (www.fazegauge.com) for sport compacts. 1986 Ford Bronco - You can heat this and shape it with a heat gun wrapping it to fit the A-pillar and trimming off what you don't need. 1986 Ford Bronco - Holding it up in the truck it's nearly perfect for me, but remember I'm well over 6'-4" and most of that is sitting down. Gotta get an extr… 1986 Ford Bronco - This dims the pod gauges on the already dimmed stock gauge cicuit , as the aftermarket gauges are brighter than stock 86 gauges and distrac… 1986 Ford Bronco - Got this sucker for $3.50 American, or $5.99 CDN. What a steal. I don't normally like 2 5/8" gauges, I like the smaller ones but at this pr… 1986 Ford Bronco - All the mechanical hook up stuff required came with it too. It's going to go where the voltmeter is now, down level and to the side of the… 1986 Ford Bronco - Knew there had to be a catch with a three dollar 2 5/8"gauge ! No gauge holder, so I fabbed this one up quick and dirty. It'll go just to t… 1986 Ford Bronco - Here's a shot with the trans temp gauge in the lower pod hole. Had to file for a while to get them to fit. Don't go too far you want them f… 1986 Ford Bronco - I couldn't wait for the heat gun (don't have one and the hair dryer wasn't cutting it). I whipped out my soldering torch and heated and ben… 1986 Ford Bronco - After that just trim the excess plastic away. I did it twice and will probably still have to file more excess off later, after the glue is… 1986 Ford Bronco - Slapped in the PL 9000 construction adhesive and clamped it up. 1986 Ford Bronco - You can see with a bit of heat and persuasion it can be made to fit very close to the lines of even our 80-86 pillars (those lucky 87s and… 1986 Ford Bronco - Another angle showing how close an 86er can get the pod to the A-pillar. 1986 Ford Bronco - I didn't need to drill guide holes, this cutter in the dremel went to town half melting, half cutting the plastic away, exposing a pair of… 1986 Ford Bronco - There's the trans temp gauge in. To save time I've already pre-wired the needed wires for the voltmeter, which is still in the Bronco at th… 1986 Ford Bronco - Not pretty but who'll see behind the pillar, I taped the wires together as space on pre-87s is tight up the pillar and I've still got other… 1986 Ford Bronco - Knowing the aftermarket gauges are WAY brighter than the stock 86 gauge cluster I wanted to be able to dim them seperately. The $3 rheostat…