Dials, how do you take them off???

[Trev]

Working on my car at the weekend and managed to take out the dial surround with a view to replacing the bulbs. While i was doing this thought i'd have a look at taking off the dials to see how easy it would be to take of the green film and replace with blue film, for a blue display. I undid the 2 screws on the fuel dial but i could not see a way of taking it out without removing the needle! is there a way to do this or do the needles have to come off???

tHANX
Trev

 

[nico]

Give me an hour or two Trev and you'll have all your answers!

 

[Trev]

Cheers, i'm bored at work so i'll look forward to reading your reply.

 

[nico]

You better get comfy

 

[Ben B]

I took mine appart yesterday, the needles just pull off (though the speedo one needed levering off with a couple of screwdrivers, which was scarey, thought I was gonna break it!)
The others just came off with a reasonable pull.
Make sure ou make a note of the exact resting positions of all the needles before you take them off, so you can put them back in the right places.

 

[Trev]

Yes, its the putting them back on thats a bit scarey!!! Did i put them in the right place so they will not give a false reading etc!!!
Do the dials just pull off aswell, once the 2 screws are removed.

 

[Ben B]

yeah, with the screws out and the needles off, the dials are free

 

[nico]

.....almost there!

just need to sort the pics out.

 

[tREV]

Re: .....almost there!

Well done m8, looking forward to it.
Still bored, and now i'm comfy!!

 

[nico]

Right! here goes..

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