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Re: Dash Gauge Glass Replacement

To: Ray Hibdon <mgguy@mindspring.com>
Subject: Re: Dash Gauge Glass Replacement
From: Eric Stephen <bk996@freenet.carleton.ca>
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 19:24:34 -0500
Had a similar problem some time back only with stove guages.  Went to my local
glass shop and they cut the circular pieces and drilled out the knob hole.
Worked just fine at a fraction of the cost!

Ray Hibdon wrote:

> Hi Folks,
>
> Wrote to see if you can help me out. While in the process of getting my 80
> MGB ready for the season, I decided to clean-up the gauges.The glass was in
> terrible shape. Upon removal I discovered the speedo had plastic. the tach
> had glass. The glass had been sealed with some type of glue/adhesive,
> anyway glass broke while removing bezel. When I looked this up in VB I was
> puzzled to see only (1) part # for both pieces. As one must have the hole
> for the odometer reset. Contacted them to find out if their was more than
> one #, but you know this is just an order service. Moved on to Moss and
> they don't carry this part at all, another dead-end. Please help can't seem
> to find out whether this should be glass or plastic could get either cut
> locally if I knew whether to use glass, plastic, or both. Hate to sound
> like a purest but would like to be as original as possible.
>
> Thanks,
> Ray Hibdon
>
> 80 MGB,  76 TR7,  73 FIAT 850, 85 MAZDA RX7
>                         "Not British Fun Anyway"

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