white face gauges warning

so i bought some white face gauges on ebay, life was good untill i tried to install them, then i found out why they were so cheap....

first pic


speedo area is correct, but what is up with the fuel gauge area? why is it on the wrong side??? Also note the large openings where the screwdrivers are inserted what is that for?? they dont even have holes for the needles to stick out of.....

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this is a close up of the large openings they have on the sides, the temp needle is right under this area, thus making that cutout useless?

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this is just the gauages placed over the old one, atleast all the aliganment holes lined up.

so beware of the white face gauges that are out there on ebay, i wouldnt want this to happen to anybody else. laters

hey thanks man good looking out

some mazda clusters have the needles the way you do and some have the needles that match those gauges, i bought the same ones, probably from the same dude, and they worked fine for me, even though the seller is a scammer on shipping costs, charged me $15 to ship and just sent them in the flat apc envelope, it cost him $2 to actually ship, anyhow i think it stated in the auction that your guages had to be facing a certain way, i have an extra instrument cluster that will work with the gauges you bought, if your interested message me and we can work something out

later

yeah my cluster is the other way around so those would work on my gauges,i also have another cluster with them the other way if you want it.

wow you learn something new everyday, i thought there were only two different types of gauges clusters out there, with a tach, and without a tach. i had no idea they had two versions of the without a tach one, guess i am going to have get the other version now, Does anyone know when the switch happened? Thanks for the help.

i think either in 88 or 89 they made the switch.