Bye bye crazy gas gauge

[AtomicHoe094]

Was getting really annoyed with the escalade gauge swap with the stupid gas gauge going nuts. So took apart the escalade cluster as in the pictures and ill be trading my good gas gauge from the original cluster of the tahoe and putting it into the escalade one. not sure if itll work, but mind as well give it a shot. got nothing to lose besides to clusters and some money. lol..
(im doing this because the escalade gas gauge did that fluctuating thing, where when i was driving it would bounce up and down. even when i wasnt driving it still would bounce and drive me nuts.. my original one didnt do that, thats why im trying it all out.. if it works, then ill be throwing some LEDS in it..
http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/9528/img0415mff.jpg (http://img25.imageshack.us/i/img0415mff.jpg/)
http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/5419/img0418p.jpg (http://img99.imageshack.us/i/img0418p.jpg/)

[mikeykey]

Those are good pics of that unit out. In the first pic, is that where the 194 LED bulbs go? We need a full write up on the exact locations of all the LEDs back there.

Maybe when i do mine, i'll break my camera out and do one.

[BOSS]

good luck man, those little things can drive you absolutely bonkers

BOSS

[AtomicHoe094]

yea tell me about it.. i finally grew some balls to do it.. lol im going to buy some LEDs if it works, thats my reward.. lol

[AtomicHoe094]

Well it worked everyone, my gas gauge doesnt fluctuate any more. It doesnt move or anything when im driving. so suck on them titties.. Woo WHoo fixed my gauges.. im pumped bcuz now my reward to if it worked was to put LEDs in the dash. lol. and i wont be pissed looking at that gauge going nuts when im driving..

[haks310]

Those are good pics of that unit out. In the first pic, is that where the 194 LED bulbs go? We need a full write up on the exact locations of all the LEDs back there.

Maybe when i do mine, i'll break my camera out and do one.

I am sure you are talking about the piece on the bottom, the white piece. That's just the back of the housing the LEDs dont go there.

Here is Atomic's pic of the back:
http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/4409/img0419d.jpg

You'll be replacing the lower 3 bulbs on both the right and left side. All the smaller bulbs are the indicators lights and those you'll replace with T1.5s if you choose to, does not make much of a color difference though. I might just take out my gauges and do pictures to show you guys today.

[mikeykey]

That would be very beneficial for those who haven't ever taken their gauge cluster out. I just ordered my LED tonight, so the project will be starting as soon as they arrive and I have some time.

[foreverfalcon40]

Its all those big ones...i forgot what there labeled...I;ll check but its 6 all together!

3 black...3 grey

REMEMBER THEY RUN PARALLEL TO EACHOTHER

[AtomicHoe094]

Its all those big ones...i forgot what there labeled...I;ll check but its 6 all together!

3 black...3 grey

REMEMBER THEY RUN PARALLEL TO EACHOTHER

wth.. lol

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http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/8213/img0429drw.jpg (http://img14.imageshack.us/i/img0429drw.jpg/)
a couple pics through the process.

[foreverfalcon40]

Wth...are you doing?

I'm confused? Whats all that big mumbo jumbo shit? No way the esky cluster set up different the tahoe.

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Here is Atomic's pic of the back:
http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/4409/img0419d.jpg

You'll be replacing the lower 3 bulbs on both the right and left side. All the smaller bulbs are the indicators lights and those you'll replace with T1.5s if you choose to, does not make much of a color difference though. I might just take out my gauges and do pictures to show you guys today.[/QUOTE]

THOSE BIG TWIST LOCKS SAY "ILL" Next to em. Change those!

[AtomicHoe094]

Yea the Essky and Tahoe one are the exact same bud.. The only difference is the color,120,needles... i took the old good gas gauge out of my tahoe cluster and put it in my essky cluster and it works perfect! actually a lot better too. This one doesn't move now when i go around corners and shit.. it worked perrrrfect.. easy swap.. if anyone wants to try PM me and ill shoot you over the exact directions..

[foreverfalcon40]

OOOO I get it...those things are the actual gages themselves!!!!

WHOOPS!

Clear needles are cool but wouldn't flow with my cobalt guages! WAY TO USE UR NOGGIN!

[AtomicHoe094]

haha sorry.. lol so after i put in all my shit and put it alllll back together, i go to take a cruise at nite and realize one of my damn lights are burnt out in the back..
So gives me a dammmnn good excuse to buy LEDS>> bitches!! haha

[Dr. Overkill]

Are the bulbs soldered into those twist-lock sockets? Or is it just the small idiot light bulbs that are soldered?

[AtomicHoe094]

twist out of the cluster and pull the bulbs directly out.. this is how they are on mine, but someone else on here said theres was soldered.. idk what to tell ya then

[haks310]

They might be either one. On the ones that are soldered you will know right away that they are when you go and try to pull the bulb out, it will not budge at all. If you still are not unsure look at the twist lock, should say "Replace Entire Assembly". Last but not least, the back of the twist lock will have a opening parallel to it so you are able to see the bulb and its tails, and where they are soldered into place.

You can still get the twist lock to work if the bulbs are soldered in, you will just have to break the bulb out of there and get rid of the bulbs tails.

[malones99]

where do I get a new fuel gauge?

[TheBeast99]

so Atomic, you don't have a govner on your 'hoe, so you could go 120 if ya wanted, right? :D
tho i noticed your stock tach only goes up to 5k, yet mine goes up to 6k. the weird part is mine doesn't have any redline at all...

[AtomicHoe094]

haha hell yea! They made a bunch of different styles of these clusters

[clean454]

dude i wanna see a pic of ur dash at night with the lights on
and does the esky guage have a fuel light? like when u get low the a gas light comes on
i wish my truck had a fuel light

[AtomicHoe094]

heres one
http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/432/img0831d.jpg (http://img193.imageshack.us/i/img0831d.jpg/)
i thought i had some more but i guess not, and nopppe. Kinda dumb if you ask me

[Da90]

Did you change any of the other bulbs to LEDs? I changed the ac/heater and all window switchs to blue LEDs. My gas gauge does the same thing. I was planning on redoing my gauge needles and will fix the gauge while I have it apart.

[AtomicHoe094]

nope, the 120 speedos found in the denali and escaldes came with blue lights stock.

[clean454]

looks good bro
well from what i can see LOL

[the big blue bus]

what do you do about gettin the needle to line up correct? i swaped a cluster with 6k tach and the gas guage is crazy in it. ive kinda ignored it but my old cluster didnt move at all and i still have it so i think if this is easy ill take parts off it and make my cluster better lol

[the big blue bus]

so i lookd at my old cluster and took one of the motors out. could i use any of them or would i need to use the one from gas guage? seems like such an easy fix to the annoying gas guage

[AtomicHoe094]

Id take the exact gauge your going to change and use it. so gas to gas, not gas to volt meter..

Put the whole new cluster in your truck, record the gauge level or take a level picture with a camera.

Tear apart the old cluster gas gauge and swap them out. put the original cluster back in all assembled besides the needle for the gas.. Turn the truck on, and place needle to the picture.

[the big blue bus]

thank you ill have to try that

[retorq]

I just got my 6K tech cluster, has the 100 MPG still but that's not biggie, I'll be swapping mine as soon as I get the rest of my shit for it ...

[AtomicHoe094]

shit i wish i had 100MPG?! bahhaha

[billbies]

Atomic could you pm more info/directions on how to do this my gas gauge is annoying the crap out of me..
Do you know if I could buy just the guage portion or do I need to find a cluster off the'bay?

Thanks for the info Ive owned the truck a week and its driving me nuts

[AtomicHoe094]

Not sure if you can buy the motor itself for the gas gauge. but people have bought cheap refurbished units off ebay then swapped the motors and they've had good luck. It also could be the sending unit and or ground connections... Dont yell at me if you buy something on ebay and it doesnt fix it lol :)

[Gzes]

hey bill what year is urs cause this dude is selling some bad ass ones and i want but later on heres the link http://www.ebay.com/itm/CHEVY-ELECTRIC-DIGITAL-SPEEDOMETER-ODOMETER-DASH-PANEL-/370519920149?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&fits=Year%3A1994|Make%3AChevrolet&vxp=mtr&hash=item5644b54e15

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my bad its for the s10. i thought it would fit our trucks. o well:(