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Short of replacing the dial has anyone come up with a good solution/product for showing mph on the kph dial?

The only thing I could find were either these (expensive): http://r.ebay.com/1w4pL7" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Or these (not the prettiest): http://r.ebay.com/a7GyVP" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
A shame no one make these for T25s: http://r.ebay.com/9h0HJR" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Sorry for all the links! Any ideas?

ps no tippex suggestions

We had some of these made, I would have thought the company that did them still has the template
https://club8090.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=107489" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Pretty easy to change and looks original.

if someone has a drawing im pretty sure i could get them made....and they would be good.

Hmmm interesting. Being a designer an'all I could knock something up. Do you think white on transparent would be possible?

no.....i was thinking of 0.9 aluminium laser cut....wet painted in mat black....silk screened logos / numbers...

im afraid transparent doesnt work well for our sheet metal factory...

http://www.lockwoodinternational.co.uk/ ... i8144.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

T3luestar wrote:http://www.lockwoodinternational.co.uk/ ... i8144.html

Very nice! Not sure i want to take everything to bits though just yet.

how do they come off.....how realistic is this...

It's very easy to do, you simply remove the pod from the van so you can gain access to the back of the speedo, remove the four screws, then the speedo. You'll then be able to pull the needle off, place the new dial over the original and your done. There's more detailed information in the original post.

Well...you need to lever you speedo needle off (not as easy as it sounds) also, you need to consider the 'pre-load' on the speedo needle (you basically don't fit the needle back on 'relaxed' it needs twisting so the needle has tension on it's pin stop.
Then two brass screws that fasten dial to speedo.
Then of course...your odometer & trip still read in kilometers.

Martin

I found a fork came in handy for the needle removal. The worst bit was trying to find it again after it bounced off the ceiling!

trucker wrote:We had some of these made, I would have thought the company that did them still has the template
https://club8090.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=107489" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Pretty easy to change and looks original.

Hey Trucker, I did see your original post...they turned out really well! Couldn't see anything on there about how you actually installed them though.

danmetallic wrote:

trucker wrote:We had some of these made, I would have thought the company that did them still has the template
https://club8090.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=107489" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Pretty easy to change and looks original.

Hey Trucker, I did see your original post...they turned out really well! Couldn't see anything on there about how you actually installed them though.

First make sure your's is the same one as the type we had done VDO 500 (the one in the link is from a T4 I think) The guys at lockwoods are really helpful
Remove the speedo head from it's housing then first lift (gently!) the end of the needle over the stop to find it's natural resting position it should correspond to a white mark on the speedo face then gently ease the needle off
* WARNING it can take a bit of oomph to get it off and I found they can fly a long way and bounce of the ceiling, floor and any other non forgiving thing in the vicinity *
then undo the two screws on the face and your new one goes over the top of the old one.
Reverse the above and Robert is your Mum's brother.
http://www.lockwoodinternational.co.uk/ ... i1869.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; is the company
As Martin pointed out the odometer and trip will still read in KMs
Paul