Reply to "Suggested mods/upgrades for stock wiring harness"

Bill,

If you're looking for accurate gauges, an alternative to using a Meter Match is to send the coolant temp and oil pressure gauges to an instrument shop and have the Veglia workings and Ford sending units exchanged for VDO components. Your gauges will still look 100% original because they don't touch the face of the gauges and they use the OEM needles. Only the inner workings are changed. This is routine work for a gauge shop and not very expensive. Sure, it's more expensive than a Meter Match but not if you have to go and buy generic gauges and sending units, in order to calibrate your OEM gauges with the Meter Match! In the case of the coolant temp gauge, just make sure there's no resistor between the modified gauge and the new sending unit.

They can also convert your OEM ammeter to a voltmeter, the same way. If you really want it to say "VOLT" or "VOLTS" instead of "AMP", they can supply a new gauge face that matches the OEM gauge face exactly.

That being said, it's fine to leave the original AMP face on the gauge. No one needs to know it's no longer an ammeter! When you order it, you can specify what voltage you want the straight up position to be; 12V, 13V, etc.

I have had these things done by North Hollywood Speedometer (http://www.nhspeedometer.com/) and couldn't have been happier with the finished product. I've also had extra bulb holders added to my main gauges and my OEM speedo converted to electric GPS operation. They do work for four Pantera vendors that I am aware of. The other shop I've used is Palo Alto Speedometer (http://www.paspeedo.com/) and found them to be just as good.