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| PBC914 |
 Sep 16 2011, 05:55 PM
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Member  Group: Members Posts: 192 Joined: 30-December 10 From: Minneapolis Member No.: 12,545 Region Association: Upper MidWest  |
I pulled my fuel gauge/warning light/oil/alt belt gauge today to clean the lens on my 75 1.8. Interesting that this gauge and the speedo are both glass but the center tach is plastic (must have been using up stock at the factory).
Anyway I read somewhere about someone trying to figure out what to replace the red plastic piece with that is used to indicate low fuel. Mine like others had faded and looked really bad. I had a dark red spray paint cap from repainting my heater control knob. I cut out a piece and then cut it to the right shape and flattened it and taped it in place. The color looks good with a light shining through it, with plenty of light, but looks red, not pink. Thought I would post this in case others ever want to replace-it was very easy to do. |
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| PBC914 |
Nov 17 2011, 08:31 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 192 Joined: 30-December 10 From: Minneapolis Member No.: 12,545 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
Finally, A picture of the paint can plastic cap I used to replace the low fuel light marker that had faded. The ignition is in the "on" position, and the car was truly low on fuel, so the low fuel light is glowing through the newly replaced plastic marker:
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PBC914 Gas gauge low fuel light-plastic replacement Sep 16 2011, 05:55 PM
Rob-O I think that was me posting about the replacement ... Sep 16 2011, 08:54 PM Rob-O By the way, POST PICTURES! Sep 16 2011, 08:55 PM biggy72 Rob that's actually really funny because I use... Sep 16 2011, 09:42 PM
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Rob that's actually really funny because I us... Sep 18 2011, 08:45 AM Spoke My 74 had 2 gauges with glass covers and one with ... Sep 18 2011, 09:00 AM Rob-O Hey Spoke, I think we're actually talking abou... Sep 18 2011, 09:16 AM Rob-O Hey Biggy, yeah, I was just searching around the h... Sep 18 2011, 09:20 AM Spoke Got it.
I never paid attention to the low-fuel li... Sep 18 2011, 09:25 AM Rob-O Very nice! I may have to change mine. That r... Nov 17 2011, 09:07 PM |
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