Cleaning inside glass of speedo
Cleaning inside glass of speedo
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griggsy2

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153 posts

300 months

Friday 3rd February 2017
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Evening,

Before I waste a day tomorrow trying, is it an easy job to remove the glass from the speedo and rev counter in order to clean the inside? Both seemed to have had humidity dry ugly in them.

Versions I have are the needle ones but with digital mileage.

Cheers,
Lee

JRA

9 posts

121 months

Saturday 4th February 2017
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The simple answer is NO as the bezels are swaged on and a bugger to get off. But it can be done with lots of time and patients.

griggsy2

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153 posts

300 months

Saturday 4th February 2017
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Bugger, then they might need replacing...

By swaged I guess you mean rolled edge?

Aeroscreens

459 posts

246 months

Saturday 4th February 2017
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After 17 years I decided to treat my gauges to a facelift. I sent them to Speedy Cables in Swansea who cleaned the glass and fitted new bezels on 3 small gauges (fuel, pressure, temp) and 2 large gauges (tacho and speedo) and returned them to me for £104. This was for the older style VDO gauges.

steveo3002

10,983 posts

194 months

Saturday 4th February 2017
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do you have a photo of the clocks ? ive managed to get the face off vdo and crimp them back on

use a thin screwdriver to work around the back edge until it comes off , then flatten/crimp it back down with a block of steel /wood working your way around a few mm at a time

steveo3002

10,983 posts

194 months

griggsy2

Original Poster:

153 posts

300 months

Saturday 4th February 2017
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Top stuff, thanks all! Great info much appreciated.

Feeling confident after needing to tap and die the new gear knob I bought and painted a while back which went smoothly this morning so will have a fiddle smile

griggsy2

Original Poster:

153 posts

300 months

Saturday 4th February 2017
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Top stuff, thanks all! Great info much appreciated.

Feeling confident after needing to tap and die the new gear knob I bought and painted a while back which went smoothly this morning so will have a fiddle smile