1. All parts (Metal Monkey) are carefully packed.
2.A very useful manual. Read it before starting the job!
3.Fragile parts are supported by plywood, no risk of receiving damaged parts
4. Oooh! Shiny parts revile themselves!
5. Most lights here you usually don't want to see
6.Same here
7. This is the complete set
8. The main dials in detail
9. The heater plate and separate dial faces
10. This is how it looks stock. Note the white circle of light in the oil pressure gauge. It fell back into the dash without touching! (not good)
11. Stock dials at ambient lighting
12. Let's start with the heater plate and pull the knobs off
13. Carefully remove the latch-clipped face plate. Don't force it, bit gently pry it out.
14. My most trusted instrument, the scalpel with good quality British Steel, blade 24!
15. This is what you pry out
16. The plate is kept in position with melted studs. You can cut the entire melted part or, like I did, just cut the excessive melted plastic and leave the remains of the studs intact.
17. Presto! It's out!
18. Put the new one in and get a big flat screwdriver heated up
19. Melt new flat ends on the remains of the studs, and everything is fixed again!
20. There, that looks better, doesn't it?
21. Knobs back and job well done.
22. Let's get on with the main cluster. Remove the cover plate by removing the to Phillips screws on top.
23. Unclip the 3 connectors on the back. Easy does it, as they directly clip into the flexible Cu band on the back. You don't want to break this!
24. Remove the 2 screws that keep the bezel
25. Take the bezel away from the front.
26. Remove the nut that holds the top of the instrument cluster
27. Remove the covers that mask the screws that hold the plate at the divers knees.
28. Remove them to gain access from below to the instrument cluster if needed (I did)
29. Remove the instrument cluster from above, take care not to scratch the perspex cover!
30. Place the cluster on your bench and unclip the black clips (no tools needed, just your fingers)
31. here you are! Naked instruments Whaaaaa!
32. Remove the pins as instructed. Use a tool with flat beaks that don't damage the plastic, and use a straight movement so they won't break (they are snap-fit)
33. The needles move to their natural position, don't move them around now!
34. Mark the position of the needles. As a coincidence, both needles came out on he same (red) marker!
35. Remove the faces, Careful! gently pry out the surroundings of odometer and trip meter, They are clipped with 2 notches on each long long end so gently squeezing them together should do the trick (One of mine, the large one, broke, if anybody's got a spare, drop me a PM please!)
36. That looks better!
37. Replace the needles, (not too firm at first, as you might want to reposition them later if your markings made in step 34 turn out incorrect!) and Replace the pin' s. Then do a check in the car with connectors back in position and ignition on to see if all dials have the correct position. Actually, I did some calibration runs with my GPS to calibrate the speedometer
38. Replace the bezels & cover, Admire your handy work!
39. Now the last part: The remaining 3 dials! This is how they look from above
40. Remove the nuts and washers from the back, taking great care not to drop anything. Here you see the volt meter comes out
41. Note how the cables are connected! (take plenty of pictures)
42. Note how the white housing of the dial fell apart spontaneously. The white plastic is actually made of baked tooth paste
43. The metal fixture bracket for the dials
44. Old face
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)45. Needle removed
46. Undo the 2 screws
47. Remove the old face plate
48. Put on the new plate and put back screws (careful not to over tighten them, they only need to hold the dial and backing)
49. Slight damage from your tools on the screws can be camouflaged by a good quality permanent felt tip marker
50. Dial face back on
51. I Used Super Glue to repair the housing as RTV is not strong enough! Make sure to clean the interior of the dial first and remove all enclosed particles.
52. Super Glue (the gel-type) all around
53. Presto! Now the other 2!
54. Wow! 10 years younger in a couple of hours!
55.It's beautiful!
