Small Meters rebuild

[ianstaley]

Has anyone done the rebuild thread fro the smaller meters Fuel,Volts and Temp. What I mean buy this is remove the chrome ring, glass out clean and paint where needed and generally refurbish them as there are a lot of GL1000 79 auxiliary meters that are just about unbridgeable, dirty and plane disgusting like mine. So as they are fubarbed anyway I wanted to have a go at basis refurbishment. I f no one hasn't already don this I will document it myself.
Ian :beg:

 

[slabghost]

I don't recall any rebuilds of this sort. Someone just recently was replacing them with VDO gauges.

 

[dan filipi]

Looking forward to your documentation!

 

[zman]

Fuel and engine temp would be the square ones a little above the speedo/tach. If your talking about the guage pack that sits between the speakers those would be difficult to crack open and put back together properly like it should be done. I do have an ambient temprature guage, a little round 52MM type that doesnt work. These are expensive and who`s to say the used one keeps accurate temps so I was going to cut it open from the back, pull out the guts and cleanly install a 12 volt mini digital readout LCD type inside then button it back up so that it matches the other 3 52MM guages.
I havent got to it yet but the guages are available for cheap..Like 12-15 dollars with probe. Another obstacle is I need a Fahrenheit guage and many are Celcius very difficult to find a mini in Fahrenheit and the right size to fit the inside of a 52MM guage.

 

[brianinpa]

Ian be careful when prying that chrome ring off of the glass. Turns out that the glass does not like a lot of prying with a screwdriver... :head bang:

Multiple times around in little increments was the way to go that got the ring off without breaking the glass.

 

[Joep]

Been there Brian? ... yes documentation and photos are appreciated and desired.. maybe a before and after look? I always laugh at the ones they show for people.. you know hair club or weight loss.. the after doesn't always resemble the person who is a before...

 

[ianstaley]

slabghost » Wed Oct 16, 2013 12:18 am[/url]":2hfmrh39]
I don't recall any rebuilds of this sort. Someone just recently was replacing them with VDO gauges.

yes thats me I am thinking about it, but at about £150 for the three it is an expensive change.

Ian

 

[ianstaley]

Just out of interest I am going the VDO white Cockpit Royale route. Ian

 

[dan filipi]

Ooooooo, that will look nice!

 

[wilcoy02]

Here is a link to opening the gauges. specifically the speedo and how to redo it.

https://ngwclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php? ... 3&start=15

drop down to post #19

 

[ianstaley]

I am using that now, the old speedo that was busted has become the donor sadly it wont get put back together oh and it is apart.