Voltage limiter

mopar71 · Post by **mopar71** » Sun Apr 13, 2008 11:21 am

I am putting my gauges together and wanted to replace the Voltage limiter,is anybody making an electronic conversion or do I have to get the parts and solder them myself? I thought Dave or someone else had a site that was doing this.any help appreciated.

72RoadRunnerGTX · Post by **72RoadRunnerGTX** » Sun Apr 13, 2008 12:07 pm

There are some postings here from last year that contain the info you seek. Since that time I have completed my own limiter mod. Was able to fit the 7805 and caps inside the original limiter housing. I pop riveted the 7805 to the inside of the housing, using the housing and the cluster as my heat sink.

Post by **Eric** » Sun Apr 13, 2008 1:08 pm

Yes there is, they use your original case and replace the guts. I don't have the info here at the moment. Do a search and you should find it

mopar71 · Post by **mopar71** » Sun Apr 13, 2008 6:38 pm

Ok,thanks guys,I will get one.

72RoadRunnerGTX · Post by **72RoadRunnerGTX** » Sun Apr 13, 2008 6:47 pm

http://peterflemming.ca/flemmweb_curren ... r/7805.pdf
http://www.radioshack.com/sm-5v-fixed-v ... 62599.html

mopar71 · Post by **mopar71** » Sun Apr 13, 2008 6:54 pm

WOW! Thanks your the best!!

landon1 · Post by **landon1** » Sun Apr 13, 2008 9:59 pm

you're talking the instrument voltage regulator??? i thought you could get re-pops from paddock and other suppliers?

73X · Post by **73X** » Sun Apr 13, 2008 11:13 pm

I bought one at oreileys about 2 months ago, $19.95 or close to that.

mopar71 · Post by **mopar71** » Sun Apr 13, 2008 11:21 pm

landon1 wrote:you're talking the instrument voltage regulator??? i thought you could get re-pops from paddock and other suppliers?

The one for the gas and temp,gauges.
yes you can get them from those places,but I want to upgrade to newer electronics,also you dont have to worry about a voltage spike damaging your gauges.

landon1 · Post by **landon1** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 7:17 pm

guess i never thought about it...figure if they worked for 40 years, they musta done it right

Post by **Eric** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 9:26 pm

The company is Real Time Engineering. They do a lot of mopar dash stuff. The limiters are solid state, MUCH better than original.
Here's the link
http://rt-eng.com/mediawiki/index.php/RTE_limiter

rr6pak · Post by **rr6pak** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 4:13 am

Has anyone used the Real Time Engineering Limiters? Any trouble with putting one in? They advertise that it is a replacement for Mopar P/N 2258413. I think the P/N is 2985707 for the 71 B-bodies. Just wanted to get it clearified.

mopar71 · Post by **mopar71** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 11:58 pm

I saw that one but I think it was like 50 bucks,I can make my own.In fact I just purchased 3- 7805 voltage regulators. 1.50 a piece I just have to get 6 caps.I have a soldering Iron and wire.I also need some heat sinks.