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Offline challenged72

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speedo gauge needle
« on: August 20, 2009 - 07:02:07 PM »
so the needle on my MPH gauge is broken (it doesnt work anyways right now, but hopefully soon, haha  :dunno:)

I have this type of gauges http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Cuda-Challenger-70-72-Fact-Dash-Cluster-w-8-Grand-Tach_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp3286Q2ec0Q2em14QQhashZitem53dc6e8273QQitemZ360180515443QQptZMotorsQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories

does anyone make replacement needles? How hard would it be to remove the lense to repair this?

Thanks
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Offline 426HEMI

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Re: MPG gauge needle
« Reply #1 on: August 20, 2009 - 07:30:01 PM »
MPG or MPH?  The main line says MPG and then in the body says MPH.

Answer to your question is yes and not hard to do after you have the dash out.
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Re: MPG gauge needle
« Reply #2 on: August 20, 2009 - 08:14:21 PM »
MPG or MPH?  The main line says MPG and then in the body says MPH.

Answer to your question is yes and not hard to do after you have the dash out.
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whoops, MPH, thanks for noticing that

Thanks, thats what I was hoping

Now I just need to get the gauges to light up, and work

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Re: MPG gauge needle
« Reply #3 on: August 20, 2009 - 08:45:29 PM »
Try Greg at www.rt-eng.com.

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Re: speedo gauge needle
« Reply #4 on: August 21, 2009 - 06:06:18 AM »
I got mine from these guys,

http://www.gaugeguys.com/

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Re: speedo gauge needle
« Reply #5 on: August 21, 2009 - 08:13:29 AM »
dropped them both a line, thanks  :cheers:

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Re: speedo gauge needle
« Reply #6 on: August 21, 2009 - 08:28:39 AM »
I hope you get the end results your looking for.   :bigsmile:  Just thought I would mention what I saw.   :2thumbs:
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Re: speedo gauge needle
« Reply #7 on: August 21, 2009 - 02:48:39 PM »
You didn't mention how it got broken, but if it was like our's, the new one will break too.  On our's, the bearing got dried out or worn in the speedo causing the needle to vibrate back and forth very quickly--the faster we drove the car, the louder the noise and the more violent the vibrating--until the needle broke.  So that half of a needle might be telling you that it's time to have the speedo professionally repaired.

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Re: speedo gauge needle
« Reply #8 on: August 21, 2009 - 05:19:26 PM »
You didn't mention how it got broken, but if it was like our's, the new one will break too.  On our's, the bearing got dried out or worn in the speedo causing the needle to vibrate back and forth very quickly--the faster we drove the car, the louder the noise and the more violent the vibrating--until the needle broke.  So that half of a needle might be telling you that it's time to have the speedo professionally repaired.

Thanks, I never thought of that, I'll have to contact one of the above places and have it sent out and re-done.