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speedo (the dial - not the trunks) -
Posted: 12 Jan 2008, 23:25
by edoh
does anyone know where to get the speedo 'dial' from? the one that tells you if your doing 30, 50, or - ahem - 80
miles per hour? -
any ideas on how to actually get ito the dial and put it on - would also be brill -
cheers -
Posted: 13 Jan 2008, 17:48
by kevtherev
do you have a haynes to help in fitting?
the speedo can be second hand item as they are removable ...but the face is riveted on I think.
Posted: 13 Jan 2008, 17:56
by lloyd
Just checked mine and it's has 2 small screws.... but clock needle would need to come off and I don't know how easy that is to do.
Posted: 13 Jan 2008, 18:20
by kevtherev
I stand correted
thanks lloyd
the needle comes off but you have to be very careful
Posted: 13 Jan 2008, 18:42
by ermie571
kevtherev wrote:
the needle comes off but you have to be very careful
you sure do....
Em
xxx
Posted: 13 Jan 2008, 18:56
by lloyd
Now I'm afraid to even try taking needle off.
Posted: 13 Jan 2008, 20:02
by wibble
I can third that about needle being a bugger to remove. It feels likes its stuck at first, but stick with it and just slowly keep trying to prise it off. It WIL go suddenly. Beware though. Although I succesfully removed mine it soon crumbled into a thousand pices, the plastic had suffered from extreme old age !!!!
Posted: 13 Jan 2008, 21:54
by edoh
really good to get your range of views... i'll live with arthur dial for now and look at me options over time... sounds like a steady hand required...
Posted: 13 Jan 2008, 22:06
by kevtherev
get this printed or send it to a printer to
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it's off a Vanagon but looks ok click to enlarge
Posted: 13 Jan 2008, 22:16
by edoh
thanks for that -
this piece of info potentially useful too -
http://www.mexibug.co.uk/1600i%20Speedo ... ersion.pdf
Posted: 13 Jan 2008, 23:15
by sevy
ere Kev you have the rest for other clock bits
Ill fourth about the needle ease it off slowly and stay away from the bloke on ebay selling white dials theyre crap i ordered a set and they are not good quality
Posted: 13 Jan 2008, 23:20
by kevtherev
sevy wrote:ere Kev you have the rest for other clock bits
Ill fourth about the needle ease it off slowly and stay away from the bloke on ebay selling white dials theyre crap i ordered a set and they are not good quality
do you mean the tacho?
Posted: 13 Jan 2008, 23:22
by kevtherev
Posted: 14 Jan 2008, 10:28
by sevy
clock and thers ie oil elec centre one please mate
Posted: 16 Jan 2008, 05:51
by wasserleaker
from playing about with a scrap speedo, the needle seems to be sprung slightly towards the stop pin, if you get what i mean, so if you pulled the needle off surely the shaft would unwind a bit, and when you pushed the needle on again it woud be in a slightly different place, and no longer as acurate?
