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Old 08-13-2012, 11:17 PM
Mark DiSilvestro Mark DiSilvestro is offline
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Originally Posted by charmalu View Post
The fuel/oil/temp gauge will swap right in. I swapped in a gauge from a 79 or older into our 85 300D, it is in "F" for the temp and "PSI" for the oil.

If down the road you want to swap the spedo, you need to use an 85 spedo for the 85 CD. 85 used the 2:88 Diff and the 80 (assuming it is a 300D) used a 3:46 Diff. the spedo is geared to the Differential.

Charlie
If it matters to you, in addition to the F/PSI markings on the eary guages, there is a bright aluminum center-button on the early fuel/oil/temp face that matches the bright center-buttons on the early speedometer & clock pointers.
Otherwise, the early guages should swap right in.
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