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Hi Folks,
I've been playing around with old British cars for 30+ years. I always assumed that when the time came for instrument restoration, I'd just pack 'em up and send 'em off to Nisonger. Unfortunately, I recent found out that their restoration shop was badly damaged in a hurricane a few years back, so they ceased their restoration services. This prompted me to take a look at my collection of Sprite Mk I and Mk II instruments. I'm building two cars that will have these instruments. The tachometers were easy to disassemble, so I think I can restore these myself. I've already replaced the dual gauges with new parts. The fuel gauges don't seem too tricky. My problem involves the speedometers.
My speedometers have very nice faces with clean odometer and trip odometer numbers. The problem is disassembling the gauges to remove the workings. This is necessary to bead blast the housings and refinish them inside and out. The bottom part of the trip odometer reset mechanism is held in place with a cut-oof split pin. The problem involves the rest of the reset stalk. Does anyone know how it is attached to the workings and is there a trick to get it to release? I really don't want to break anything.
Please let me know if you have any advice to offer.
Thanks!
I've been playing around with old British cars for 30+ years. I always assumed that when the time came for instrument restoration, I'd just pack 'em up and send 'em off to Nisonger. Unfortunately, I recent found out that their restoration shop was badly damaged in a hurricane a few years back, so they ceased their restoration services. This prompted me to take a look at my collection of Sprite Mk I and Mk II instruments. I'm building two cars that will have these instruments. The tachometers were easy to disassemble, so I think I can restore these myself. I've already replaced the dual gauges with new parts. The fuel gauges don't seem too tricky. My problem involves the speedometers.
My speedometers have very nice faces with clean odometer and trip odometer numbers. The problem is disassembling the gauges to remove the workings. This is necessary to bead blast the housings and refinish them inside and out. The bottom part of the trip odometer reset mechanism is held in place with a cut-oof split pin. The problem involves the rest of the reset stalk. Does anyone know how it is attached to the workings and is there a trick to get it to release? I really don't want to break anything.
Please let me know if you have any advice to offer.
Thanks!
