Two additions:
The speedo has the trip reset knob sticking out of it. To get the speedo
out, undo it and rotate it in the hole until you can pull it out.
To get the chrome rings off (mine came off easily anyway), you can put the
speedo face down on a piece of stiff rubber (a sheet of gasket/seal
material) and turn the speedo. If you are lucky, the chrome ring has
enough friction on the rubber and you can undo it w/o bending the tabs.
My british car place in Tucson stocked O-rings for use as seals between
speedo face and glass and speedo and dash. Since the O-rings are a little
thicker or stiffer than the original seals, assembly becomes very
difficult.
Ulix
On Wed, 25 Mar 1998, Patton Dickson wrote:
> Amy
>
> They are part of the gauges, what you have to do is undo the curled nuts
> that hold the clamps on the back of each gauge. Be very careful not to
> lose any of these nuts or brackets. Undo the speedo cable. Finally,
> unattach and mark EVERY wire with exactly where it came from, (a piece of
> masking tape and a fine tip write anywhere type pen will do fine), make
> sure that you write enough info so you will remember. The push the gauges
> from the back, out the front of the dash.
>
> Once you have the gauge out, here come the fun pat. The chrome bezels
> supposedly turn to detach, but often are to tight to do this. You can get
> a small screwdriver and carefully bend the tabs (for reference there are 6
> on my tach) up all around to loosen it. If you do this, the bend needs to
> be ever so slight, and if you go too far, the bezel can and will crack.
>
> Good luck, go slow and this will be painless,
>
> Patton
>
> Amy Soich wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I was wondering how you take the chrome rings off the dash around the
> > instruments. Anyone know?
> >
> > thanks again,
> >
> > Amy
> > 67 Sprite MkIV
>
>
>
> --
> Patton Dickson - Dallas, TX
>
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>
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