hello all!! looking for a tach to put in my 65 skylark center console (i only have the tri-shield plate in mine right now) also looking for drivers side exhaust manifold for the same 65 skylark - buick 300 (310 wildcat) thanks a ton!! Michael
Hello Michael... WELCOME to the Buick V8 forum Mr Newbie! I have two Buick tachometers being cleaned & calibrated this week. ONE will be for sale when they come back. Tachometer Only, tested, calibrated, clean, working and ready to istall into your cup/housing: $395 outright shipped & heavily insured to any lower 48. OR, $375 EXCHANGE for your tri shield insert IF its not cracked, chipped or paint peeling off the backside, and you are responsible to pay shipping it to me FIRST so I can verify the overall condition. OR, add another $29.95 and send me your complete cup/housing with insert and I will assemble the new tach into your housing so all you have to do its install itl!!! LOTS of choices..ALL of them GOOD! Lemono! Wheelz, Tampa Bay
wheelz - sounds like a great deal to me - i will get the cup and all off of the car this weekend and see which version works best for me. can you get me a pic of the tach when you get it back from cleaning and calibration? PM 197064buickspec - how much for the manifold? both of ya feel free to email me at: michael@mtmeyer.com thanks for your help!!! michael
wheelz - i definitely want that tach when its ready - i took a look at the center console this weekend, is the tach cup a separate piece or is it part of the whole center console assy? also, how does that whole center console come apart? i see two screws when i open the console lid, but thats it. let me know if you have any info on that. thanks a ton!! Michael
Michael... You will need to remove the console from the car floor to get to the CUP from the inside. DO YOU KNOW HOW TO remove the console from the floor? Once you have access to the underside of the console, you will see the tach housing/cup, has two nuts attaching the assembly to the console. When you remove those two nuts, the cup kinda "lifts out". Lemono if I can help you with CONSOLE removal if so needed! Wheelz, Tampa Bay
Michael, received the payment for the exhaust manifold, I'll get it packed/boxed up tonight. Thanks. Brian
Thanks Wheelz!! i looked at the console last night, and i only see 2 screws to take out where the console lid opens - is that all there is? or am i missing something for getting the whole console out? thanks so much for your help!
Michael... hereya go; 1.) Unthread the shift knob. (sometimes these are pretty tight..DO NOT USE channel lox, or plyers or pipe wrenches as these will easily mess up a rather nice chrome knob! SO,. . .if your Wife or GF has handy rubber-non-slip kitchen type bottle openers, those work very well.) ..once the shift knob is off.... 2.) Push the little 'button' found down on the lower right side slot, where the shifter chrome shaft pokes thru the centerpiece...(note; look at the pix of just the console body below very closely, you MAY SPOT that little button, just to the RIGHT of THE center, along the bottom EDGE OF WHERE THE SHIFTER INDICATOR CHROME CENTERPIECE was.... SEE IT??) :Brow: 3.) While pushing that little 'button' in, lift out the chrome shifter indicator unit as a whole and slide it up the shifter shaft to get it out of your way. 4.) You will then see TWO PHILLIPS HEAD screws attaching the console to the shifter assembly. 5.) Remove those two screws AND the two you already found inside the storage comprartment and VOILA... the console should lift out. 6.) IF you have a console harness, unsnap the connector. The attached pix may help you out...but if not, just lemono! Wheelz, Tampa Bay
Here's a little better shot of the "button". Visable along the back edge of where the shifter indicator plate fits... Perhaps you can ZOOM IN on that area and see it easier.? (DID YOU KNOW. . .click on the pix below, and once opened, if you hold the CTRL button on your computer while clicking on the '+' key, your computer should zoom in for you...) I would provide better pix ONLY IF..the 65-67 consoles I have, were here and not 2 hours north in a warehouse. ou: Wheelz, Tampa Bay
Michael. I just now stole this image from Buickman1967. I sure hope he doesnt sic a copyright infringement attorney on me.... ou: Anyway, this pix PERFECTLY shows that little button area I have been trying to explain to you the last two hours... Image CREDITED to BuickMan1967. Thank you Buickman! Wheelz, Tampa Bay
wheelz, got the cup out of the console tonight - did you get the tachs yet? id love to see a pic of the one you will sell me, let me know, thanks!!! michael ---------- Post added at 10:36 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:34 PM ---------- 197064buickspec, do you have a tracking number for the exhaust manifold? i wanna make sure i dont miss it when it shows up! thanks!! michael
Hi. ...Im here. extremely busy these days. Anyway, Instrument services should have the tachometers finished sometime this week. I did however, just received a gorgeous restored tach housing!!! :beer fyi: I wont be on here every day but I promise to keep you posted on a regular basis. Wheelz, Tampa Bay
Hi. Newly calibrated, cleaned and WORKING tachometer arrived saturday!! AND it looks awesome! I will hopefully assemble this set in the next few days and snappa few pix when its all done. A Fresh rebuilt TACH in a NEW rechromed housing...VOILA! Sure to improve the looks of any console by at least 100%! :TU: SIT TIGHT. Pix coming soon. Wheelz, Tampa Bay
