factory speedo with powerglide

[Vn6calParticipant VN turbo View build HERE Member since: March 5, 2015 Posts: 19]

Hi guys,

anyone done the whole powerglide and kept the factory speedo?

specifically wanting my Vn level 3 cluster to work, just looking at how to get it all working together.

 

any help appreciated

[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

In the process of doing mine, we got a reluctor wheel bored out as a light press fit on the front of the tailshaft, going to make a small bracket to mount the factory pickup reading that.

[Vn6calParticipant VN turbo View build HERE Member since: March 5, 2015 Posts: 19]

Ooo that’s a smart idea, interesting idea.

 

cheers for that sounds perfect.

 

[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

No worries mate, glad its helped.

[cava454Moderator 93 VR BT1 View build HERE Member since: February 20, 2015 Posts: 2 390]

Modified the standard sender on the trimatic to accept my t5 transducer.

 

Thought the the speed sensor bolts directly into a glide.

 

[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

^wont work on some output shafts though Cav.  Its not about that its wher the reluctor ring can fit.  On the output shaft you need the land where the reluctor ring fits to be a larger diameter than the splines so the ring can fit over it then be pressed onto the land.  Mine the middle of the shaft is machined smooth and is a smaller diameter that the splined ends, so you cant fit the reluctor ring to it.  So we did consider coming up with a  two piece split reluctor ring, but there isn’t much meat to work with for the screws to hold it together.  My way its pretty easy.

[cava454Moderator 93 VR BT1 View build HERE Member since: February 20, 2015 Posts: 2 390]

The plugs into the factory gear drive in the box.

[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

Yea but if you use an aftermarket output shaft, (like my Sonnax), it doesnt have a spot for the drive gear to fit.  So you can mount the sender but it has nothing to read off.  That’s if we are talking about the same thing btw.

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