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geraintthomas 03-08-2018 12:36 PM

Rev needle loose - doesn't work
 
Took my gauges apart to start the LED conversion when I realised that when pushing my rev needle back on it suddenly had no friction behind it and could spin freely. Tested it and, sure enough, rev counter doesn't work anymore.

Before I buy a new set of clocks, I'm guessing that there's nowt I can do to fix this?

Qmulus 03-09-2018 04:48 AM

It is easy to damage the gauge motors by removing the needles. You can often put the gear back together properly by carefully disassembling the gauge motor. Sorry, I don't any pictures. I do have some new gauge motors for them, which requires some soldering to install.

geraintthomas 03-10-2018 07:20 AM

Ah, quite fiddly then. Have bought some new ones which are dot-matrix, so an upgrade over mine anyway. Nice to know it could be repaired though, will have a look at it and if I can fix it I'll just sell them.

Thanks :)

Geof3 03-10-2018 08:23 AM

I did that will a 911 Tach once... once. They are pretty fiddly things.


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