Niels Knudsen Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 Hi all. Last week both my speedometer and tacho stopped working. Speedo at Zero and tacho steady at 7000 rpm working upwards. Pointers very fainted. Decided to repair. Removed bezel as otherwise described, painted pointers with red nailpolish. Found loose counterweight in tachohousing (clic-clac). Repositioned counterweigt and glued it. Put meters back together. Speedocable was broken, replaced. Now a happy man...... Photos at this link: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/n5y45n8b9itng5f/AABNyYy7UqkU3oagmoOnXoMsa?dl=0 Greetings from Niels Knudsen, DK 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 Very nice.. Greetings to you, too, Niels.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBBenson Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 Nice walk through. I had to repair my gauges, the lightbulb socket had come loose and shorted against the housing. Symptoms were no tach light and no tail light..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbolesaz Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 Great Pix ! Will be very helpful when the time comes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docc Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 Well done, Niels ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
footgoose Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 thanks for the insight Niels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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leroysch Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 Thank you, Sir! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky Phil Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 Hi all. Last week both my speedometer and tacho stopped working. Speedo at Zero and tacho steady at 7000 rpm working upwards. Pointers very fainted. Decided to repair. Removed bezel as otherwise described, painted pointers with red nailpolish. Found loose counterweight in tachohousing (clic-clac). Repositioned counterweigt and glued it. Put meters back together. Speedocable was broken, replaced. Now a happy man...... Photos at this link: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/n5y45n8b9itng5f/AABNyYy7UqkU3oagmoOnXoMsa?dl=0 Greetings from Niels Knudsen, DK Nice work but why nail polish? Is it more durable than red paint? I spoke to a local automotive instrument repair company a couple of years ago about these instruments and re colouring the pointer. He was faimiliar with the colour which he refered to as Dogs @#$$#! red. Dont know what dog he owns and dont want to find out either. Ciao Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niels Knudsen Posted August 15, 2018 Author Share Posted August 15, 2018 Hello Lukcy Phil. I used nailpolish, because my wife always have a heck of trouble removing it. So I thought it will be durable. And it was easy to applicate with the built-in brush, and furthermore cheap, because I stole it from "She Who Must Be Obeyed." Greetings from Dk. Niels. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LowRyter Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 I used a red marker on my tach, after half a dozen years, it's mottled and faded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky Phil Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 Hello Lukcy Phil. I used nailpolish, because my wife always have a heck of trouble removing it. So I thought it will be durable. And it was easy to applicate with the built-in brush, and furthermore cheap, because I stole it from "She Who Must Be Obeyed." Greetings from Dk. Niels. Sounds logical:) thanks. Ciao Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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