Ned, the rubber gaskets are available on eBay. If you do not see them today,
be patient as they come up every couple of days.
Frankly, I would send the tach and speedo out to have them professionally
done. I am sure that, with time and patience one could do it themselves, but
there are several excellent repairers that other listers will give you most
moticeably MOMA in Albuquerque, NMex. They ALWAYS are mentioned when someone
asks a question like yours.
John Sims, BN6
Aberdeen, NJ
www.healey6.com
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-healeys@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-healeys@autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of Ned Smith
Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2005 2:59 PM
To: Austin-Healey List
Subject: Tach and Speedo
My choke knob was loose in the dashboard so I wanted to tighten it. First I
had to remove the tach. The PO had lost or broken the holding brackets so
he held it in by putting double face foam tape around the inside of the
opening. I don't know how he got it in but I do know it took me several
hours of pushing and prying to get it out. I tightened the choke retaining
nut as best I could. It is recessed into the back of the dash so I ran a
screw driver into the crevice between nut and wood and moved it a little at
a time.
While I had the tach out I also took out the speedo. Both instruments look
good. There are no blemishes on the face and the bezels need only polish.
But all the rubber needs to be replaced. The tach does not read correctly
and it needs a new socket for the generator light. The speedo needs the trip
reset stem to be replaced.
Are parts available for me to fix these thing my self?
Ned Smith
BJ8
near Chattanooga, TN
N34.98 W85.5
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