Gauge Cluster - Deal or Dud?

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NCTyphoon

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So I took my son out rambling in local junkyard for some Buick items, and happened upon an '89 Turbo Sunbird. I got the gauge cluster for $75. It looks the same as in my Ty, is it? Will it also work in our trucks? What other parts should I go swipe before they crush it? I thought about getting the whole car if I could get it cheap enough, it has a nasty hit on driver rear qtr panel, but it is a convertible :) Would make a nice 1st car for my son in a few more years
 
Bill Z

Bill Z

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Re: Gauge Cluster - Deal or Dud?

I bought some Sunbird gagues hoping they would work. The problem was the orange plastic pieces vs the green on my Ty. You may want all orange (may haave been red at one time). The movements work OK. I use the parts to repair.

Hope this helps.
 
poorboy93

poorboy93

Veteran S10 Owner
Re: Gauge Cluster - Deal or Dud?

I'd buy it just on the fact that its hard to find car. My friend had one, it was a fast for what it was. This is the first convertable I've heard of, didn't know they made them.
 
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NCTyphoon

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Re: Gauge Cluster - Deal or Dud?

poorboy93 said:
I'd buy it just on the fact that its hard to find car. My friend had one, it was a fast for what it was. This is the first convertable I've heard of, didn't know they made them.
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From what I understand the convertible Turbo Sunbird GT version was a rarer car. Most convertibles had the SE trim, as this one does, but it also has the trubo emblems. Motor is still in it, the gauge cluster shows 189,.000. The wreck must have been what took it out, but looks fixable, compared to what my GN looked like before I fixed it
 
jjorgensen52

jjorgensen52

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Re: Gauge Cluster - Deal or Dud?

why didn't they build a turbo Fiero, I wonder :lol: ... those are kinda neat cars
 
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NCTyphoon

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Re: Gauge Cluster - Deal or Dud?

jjorgensen52 said:
why didn't they build a turbo Fiero, I wonder :lol: ... those are kinda neat cars
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That's a project idea, the same boneyard has about 4-5 Fiero's
 
vortecfiero

vortecfiero

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Re: Gauge Cluster - Deal or Dud?

jjorgensen52 said:
why didn't they build a turbo Fiero, I wonder :lol: ... those are kinda neat cars
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GM didnt... but a bunch of us have !
the best set up besides mine :rotf: is a supercharged 3800 converted to a turbo and some
gofaster goodies.
 
4C FED

4C FED

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Re: Gauge Cluster - Deal or Dud?

I think George Blake said that that tach won't work correctly since the Sunbird is a 4 cyl.
 
George Blake

George Blake

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Re: Gauge Cluster - Deal or Dud?

Yeah. The tach is different. I pulled a cluster out of a 3.1 liter V6 and it worked like a charm. The speedo was an 100 MPH speedo. DON'T get rid of that. If you ever do the gauge faces I do or the overlays that are available, they 100 MPH speedo will work PERFECTLY. You'll have to pull the stock 100MPH film off and put the new film on. The speedo is driven by the drac so it will be fine.

The other thing is the film where the turn signals and stuff is. The syty has a unique film in there. The check engine and stuff is in different places. You can pull the film out of a syty cluster and pop in right in. The clusters are kinda fun to work on if your patient.
 
jjorgensen52

jjorgensen52

NHSTE - I'm the only one!
Re: Gauge Cluster - Deal or Dud?

vortecfiero said:
GM didnt... but a bunch of us have !
the best set up besides mine :rotf: is a supercharged 3800 converted to a turbo and some
gofaster goodies.
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I saw a northstar one recently... I was just thinking of keeping things poncho, like GM did build it
 
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