[DML] Re: Replacing Instrument Cluster Needles - Questions

["gzapf" <x86Daddy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the hot glue warning!  In case the holes on the new needles
are too large, does anyone have a recommendation for the most
approriate filler that will allow future removal / replacement as
needed?  I've avoided irreversable mods so far, and don't want to
force full replacement of the instrument cluster if some small part
were to fail or need an upgrade down the road.

--Greg
#2894

--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Dave Swingle" <swingle@xxxx> wrote:
> 
> 
> 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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