Thanks Vance. I initally tried to re-letter one of the old ones with a paint
pen I got from an art supply store. It looked like it was going to work. My
plan was fill in the letter indents with paint, then polish off the excess
with my Dremel. Remember the phrase "Test on an inconspicuous spot"? I
didn't do that with the Dremel. It was going too fast and gouged the face of
a knob. Maybe I'll carefully continue with that plan. Anybody got a spare
"Air Pull 1-Defrost 2-Car"?
- Hugh
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-6pack@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-6pack@autox.team.net]On
> Behalf Of Navarrette, Vance
> Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 7:21 PM
> To: 'Hugh Fader'; '6pack'; 'triumphs'
> Subject: RE: TR6 Dash Knobs
>
>
> Hugh:
>
> I have had the same problem. I just grin and bear it. My
> originals were so worn that anything was an improvement.
> One problem was that the choke knob is apparently glued on from
> the factory. I tugged and huffed and puffed, poked prodded,
> twisted and I couldn't get the choke to come off, so I finally
> cut it off. The other knobs all had that nice little button
> up inside the hole. Poke a small screw driver in there, and they
> slide off, but the choke...man o man!
> Then the problem of how do you get the new choke knob to
> stay on, since the choke cable does not have the spring loaded
> button to hold the new knob in place. You can glue it, but then
> if you ever need to get behind the dash, you have to cut it off
> again. What a waste. Finally went to the hardware store and found
> a set screw that with a little pressure would 'self tap'
> itself into the hole on the side of the knob. So far it seems to
> be holding just fine.
> Time will tell....
>
> Vance
>
>
> ------------------------------
> 1974 Mimosa Yellow Triumph TR6
> Cogito Ergo Zoom
> (I think, therefore I go fast)
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hugh Fader [mailto:hfader@usa.net]
> Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 2:49 PM
> To: '6pack'; 'triumphs'
> Subject: TR6 Dash Knobs
>
>
> Anybody else have trouble with replacement TR6 dash knobs? I
> just got a set
> from a local Moss reseller. The printing is not solid and the
> typeface on
> the Choke knob is different from the others. The supplier
> says he hasn't had
> any complaints so far on these. He's checking with Moss to
> see if they have
> any better ones. Am I too picky? They don't look much better
> than the old
> ones they are replacing.
>
> - Hugh Fader
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