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I even added a few thousand miles that I have driven since it broke.
First off, may I please yelll....THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HELP! SEARCHING THE FORUMS HAS BEEN AN INVALUABLE RESOURCE! You know who you are!
A couple of things I wanted to say in addition to the available info here and at the '02 board.... I may have misread the posts and thought the speedo needle had to come off. But it does not. You just remove the big nut at the back around the speedo cable.
The other bit of change I made was to NOT pull the trip counter reset cable out of the speedo. Contrary to popular wisdom it didnt 'just pull out'. Its in there quite tight. So I removed the knob of the operator side of the trip reset cable and left the cable dangling. It presented no obstacle to removing the speedo.
I first removed the combo gauge by loosening the one easily accessible thumb screw and twisting it CC an inch to release the mounting tab, pushed the instrument back into the void and hung it out of the way on some wires.
I only needed to loosen the one easily accessible to be able to rotate the speedo CC one inch to release it. It takes a bit of futzing to get the speedo out of the dash. But once you have twisted it every way up and down back and forth it will come out. I was messing with the angles for 5 minutes and when I kind of gave up and rested it down on wherever it lay...IT FELL OUT ON ITS OWN! so its a bit of a chinese puzzle. I balance rocks on the beach and find one of the most important parts of a job is to sit comfortably and find your own balance before you attempt something.
Its true about the wires to the lights....very tight, no extra wire there!
And the chrome bezel is easy to take off if you go slow and pry your way around gently with a flat screw driver a few times.
I used a drill bit to keep the gears in place while i extracted the failed gear rod and then a nail punch to tap two divots in the shiny spot where the 'knurling' failed. One might have been enough because it took some tapping to get the rod back in, but hey, I didnt want to go back later. This is the point where you can adjust your mileage to your lucky number for photo ops.
All in all it took 6 hours(including re-reading all the available resources, 2 coffees, a cigar and half an hour trying to get the speedo needle and trip reset cable out of the gauge, and redoing the blinker light which I put in the instrument illumination hole!)) but it was an interesting learning curve. If I had to do it again it would take half as long. If I can do it, so can you!
All in all, I passed my out of province safety inspection. Recent work to get there... Bilsteins, Pierburg fuel pump, webers, pinion seals, tranny seals, cibies, hella and the usual hoses, belts, switches, bushings, fan upgrades, tuning and detailing. Its starting to be an performance car AGAIN. Cheers.
First off, may I please yelll....THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HELP! SEARCHING THE FORUMS HAS BEEN AN INVALUABLE RESOURCE! You know who you are!
A couple of things I wanted to say in addition to the available info here and at the '02 board.... I may have misread the posts and thought the speedo needle had to come off. But it does not. You just remove the big nut at the back around the speedo cable.
The other bit of change I made was to NOT pull the trip counter reset cable out of the speedo. Contrary to popular wisdom it didnt 'just pull out'. Its in there quite tight. So I removed the knob of the operator side of the trip reset cable and left the cable dangling. It presented no obstacle to removing the speedo.
I first removed the combo gauge by loosening the one easily accessible thumb screw and twisting it CC an inch to release the mounting tab, pushed the instrument back into the void and hung it out of the way on some wires.
I only needed to loosen the one easily accessible to be able to rotate the speedo CC one inch to release it. It takes a bit of futzing to get the speedo out of the dash. But once you have twisted it every way up and down back and forth it will come out. I was messing with the angles for 5 minutes and when I kind of gave up and rested it down on wherever it lay...IT FELL OUT ON ITS OWN! so its a bit of a chinese puzzle. I balance rocks on the beach and find one of the most important parts of a job is to sit comfortably and find your own balance before you attempt something.
Its true about the wires to the lights....very tight, no extra wire there!
And the chrome bezel is easy to take off if you go slow and pry your way around gently with a flat screw driver a few times.
I used a drill bit to keep the gears in place while i extracted the failed gear rod and then a nail punch to tap two divots in the shiny spot where the 'knurling' failed. One might have been enough because it took some tapping to get the rod back in, but hey, I didnt want to go back later. This is the point where you can adjust your mileage to your lucky number for photo ops.
All in all it took 6 hours(including re-reading all the available resources, 2 coffees, a cigar and half an hour trying to get the speedo needle and trip reset cable out of the gauge, and redoing the blinker light which I put in the instrument illumination hole!)) but it was an interesting learning curve. If I had to do it again it would take half as long. If I can do it, so can you!
All in all, I passed my out of province safety inspection. Recent work to get there... Bilsteins, Pierburg fuel pump, webers, pinion seals, tranny seals, cibies, hella and the usual hoses, belts, switches, bushings, fan upgrades, tuning and detailing. Its starting to be an performance car AGAIN. Cheers.
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