Gauge face Mod a how to!
Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 3:00 pm
Hey heres how to get to those cruddy face plates in you gauges.....
first you need a drill press that can be locked in place.....
then you need a grinding wheel and arbor from a dremel chucked into the drill press....
and last you need a flat plate to set the gauge on....
see tha picture....
Your going to set the cutting wheel about 1/8" above the metal ring...
after you have done that push the gauge into the wheel (dont push to hard as this will cause the grinding wheel to wander up or down....
go one light pass around the gauge to set the groove in the body....
then grind away untill the lense and body are separated (take your time for a smooth cut).
Remove the two screws and rest stop for the needle, and remove the needle with a small salad fork...
here it is all dissasembled.
then you scan you faces into your computer in JPEG format.
Then you can edit your faces's to your liking... These will be my faces.
print them out on semi-gloss photo paper and cut them out with an excato knife, and glue with 3M spray adhesive, then cut out bolt, needle, milage and trip holes.
reinstall plate screws using a dab of blue loctite so nothing comes loose, and press the needle back on in the zero position.
After thats done you'll need to mix some 5 min epoxy and spread it on the lip of the body to mate the body and lense.
after the two halfs are together wrap electrial tape around the cut on the gauge to help align the halfs.
After it cures the tape will come right off as the epoxy wount stick to the tape.
Hope this helps!!!!
If you try this mod please! Post up what you did! I wanna see!!!!!
first you need a drill press that can be locked in place.....
then you need a grinding wheel and arbor from a dremel chucked into the drill press....
and last you need a flat plate to set the gauge on....
see tha picture....
Your going to set the cutting wheel about 1/8" above the metal ring...
after you have done that push the gauge into the wheel (dont push to hard as this will cause the grinding wheel to wander up or down....
go one light pass around the gauge to set the groove in the body....
then grind away untill the lense and body are separated (take your time for a smooth cut).
Remove the two screws and rest stop for the needle, and remove the needle with a small salad fork...
here it is all dissasembled.
then you scan you faces into your computer in JPEG format.
Then you can edit your faces's to your liking... These will be my faces.
print them out on semi-gloss photo paper and cut them out with an excato knife, and glue with 3M spray adhesive, then cut out bolt, needle, milage and trip holes.
reinstall plate screws using a dab of blue loctite so nothing comes loose, and press the needle back on in the zero position.
After thats done you'll need to mix some 5 min epoxy and spread it on the lip of the body to mate the body and lense.
after the two halfs are together wrap electrial tape around the cut on the gauge to help align the halfs.
After it cures the tape will come right off as the epoxy wount stick to the tape.
Hope this helps!!!!
If you try this mod please! Post up what you did! I wanna see!!!!!