[DML] Re: Replacing Instrument Cluster Needles - Questions

["Dave Swingle" <swingle@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I would not recommend using "hot glue" anywhere inside a car. I know 
someone who's wife fixed some broken trim on the inside of his car 
(not a DMC) and it worked until the first hot summer day when 
everything fell off. Hot glue's melting point is within the range 
obtainable inside a car on a hot day. 

Epoxy or other glue would be fine, as long as you never plan on 
taking it apart again. 

Dave S

--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "gzapf" <x86Daddy@xxxx> wrote:
> 
> 
> One of my upcoming projects is to install a new EL backlit dash
> (ordered from SpeedHut who began selling after the last distributor
> stopped).  One of the things I'd like to attempt as well is to 
replace
> the needles with the more modern translucent plastic variety.
> 
> I've recently acquired all the parts I want to install in the
> binnacle, but I'd like to hear if anyone else has replaced the 
needles
> in their instrument cluster.  Any tricks to it or special concerns? 
> With the new ones I bought, I don't know yet if I'll have to expand
> their holes or fill them in some, but I imagine hot glue will 
suffice









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