Thread: Ford F100 gauges fit F1 for 6-12v Conversion.

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I was browsing guages today and came across this thread. Thought you would all appreciate it! Some guy stumbled across this while working on a F100. It seems the guages are universal to switch from your F1 6 volt guages to your f100 12 volt replacements. Could be the cheap solution to changing out expensive gauges.
http://www.hotrodders.com/forum/amaz...es-114896.html

Originally Posted by stovens

I was browsing guages today and came across this thread. Thought you would all appreciate it! Some guy stumbled across this while working on a F100. It seems the guages are universal to switch from your F1 6 volt guages to your f100 12 volt replacements. Could be the cheap solution to changing out expensive gauges.
http://www.hotrodders.com/forum/amaz...es-114896.html

All Ford gauges up to the 80's sometime were 6 volt except for 1956. Ford used a voltage reducer from 1957 on, usually mounted on the back of the instrument cluster.

I have heard that the 6 volt gauges will take 12 volts without any problems. I used one of the Ford voltage reducers in my 54.

Pretty cool. It will buy me time from investing in a guage cluster! Right now I'm most concerned with temp and oil pressure. Since I'm not driving it and don't have reason to rev it right now, the other guages can wait.