A tachometer in a P-30

[BULLETLS1]

Finally finished cutting the steel Stamping
That forms
The back of the instrument pannel, this is what looks like!

Comments!?

[Daveinet]

She may have gotten 12 a few times, with the way things work. Notice his coach is only 22 feet long, so it is very, very light weight. My parents 27 foot Midas got 8 to 9 mpg, until the fuel pump went out. They replaced it with an electronic fuel pump, and never once got below 10 after that. Most of the time is was over 11 mpg. The difficulty you have is those throttle body injection versions from that time period did not do too well, especially in colder weather. The timing curve is not optimal, which doesn't help much. You may be able to chip it, for a better timing curve and get a little more out of it.

[Argosy24]

Doc Eagle wrote:
Will try from now on out, previous owner could get 10-12 MPG, guess she kept the speed down.

I think she kept the BS level up. With the weight and frontal area of a MH, axle ratio, and technology of a 454 she was always driving downhill with a tail wind to get 12 mpg

[Doc_Eagle]

Looking to increase my MPG, from what I understand the best RPM range for a Chevy 454 is about 1700 RPM. Of course can't stay in that range and cruise at 65 to 75 MPH! Will try from now on out, previous owner could get 10-12 MPG, guess she kept the speed down.

[BULLETLS1]

Thanks DAVEINET for clarifying the pic!

thank you all for the comments, yes it had a odd brake light,
I found a diameter cutting tool, and a milling machine, after much consideration because the cluster connector was in the way of the cutout, I will need to find a 12 pole male-female connector, but that's easy, the rear of the cluster has a plastic flexible printed circuit that will be done with regular wires individually.
tried to keep the tacho face away from the glass just a fraction away.
glued with black silicon.
hope you like it!

If I could cram a 737 hardball cockpit in my RV I'll be a happy man! HAHAHA!

[magik235]

Looks clean

[glamisorbust]

I need to add one to mine also, should have came with one from the factory.

[FuzzyKnight]

Nice

[Doc_Eagle]

Man, that looks great! Going to add one to mine, a 1993 22' Fleetwood Flair on a P-30 chassis.

[Argosy24]

The emergency brake light on mine.

[Daveinet]

No, this is what it looks like 🙂 :


What was there before?

[1995brave]

I used a 2" tach and one of the already punched holes in the dash.

[gbopp]

No picture.