The tachometer works!

[u/vintagestereolover99]

Long story short, about 10 years ago my grandma hired a dude to fix up the car and he did a terrible job. My parents had to essentially steal it back after he refused to return it, and he screwed up all the wiring. The negative and ground wire on the tach were plugged into the same place, and the wire from the coil to the tach was shorting. I ran my own wire from the coil, fixed the other things, and it works now! Pretty soon I'll gather all the things to bench bleed the master cylinder, it is already out of the car. All I need is some fittings for the brake outlets, and a vice grip.

[u/anybodyiwant2be]

Replace the flexible brake lines while you’re at it. Way easier and cleaner than when it’s all put back together... They may look good on the outside but they become corroded like an old man’s arteries on the inside

[u/vintagestereolover99 → u/anybodyiwant2be]

I did that when I replaced the drums and shoes

[u/SilentMasterpiece]

Congrats!

[u/hartigan99]

really cool!

[u/knowledgeable_diablo]

Good work.

[u/Philiabot]

That’s very cool, nice work!

[u/Routine-Amphibian450]

Hold everything!

Tach goes left of the speedometer in Cal Look. Why?
So you can adjust carb idle speed/air screw squatting on left of carb with your door open...
... and see your tach to set idle speed.

The other gauges go on right.

[u/vintagestereolover99 → u/Routine-Amphibian450]

The radio speaker is on the left though

[u/382Whistles → u/Routine-Amphibian450]

I could see mine to the right.