Haven't tried this yet, but I would have to guess that the back side of a
mouse pad would work well to grip the ring.
Robert Houston
74 Midget "Katy"
I like the rubber mat idea Ulix, I'll remember that one.
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>Patton
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>Ulix Goettsch wrote:
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>> Two additions:
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>> 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
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