 Any source or ideas to replace the amber, lens in the combo gauge ?? |
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| 913B |
 Mar 17 2013, 05:50 PM
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Senior Member  Group: Members Posts: 856 Joined: 25-April 05 From: South Bay/SoCal Member No.: 3,983 Region Association: None  |
So during the process of rebuilding my gauge the yellow lens cover fell apart on me. Any ideas where to get a replacement or any brillant ideas.
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| HarveyH |
Apr 12 2013, 07:24 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 450 Joined: 19-June 03 From: Downingtown, PA Member No.: 843 |
I always had a lot of trouble seeing the high beam indicator, so much so I was sure the bulb was actually burned out.
I decided to clean things up and install LED bulbs and found the lens was almost totally opaque.  Looking around at the local craft store I found these for $2.99:  The backs are silvered but a few wipes on 1000 grit wet or dry removes it. Check the blue jewel, second from the right to see the result. Lots of color choices too. A bit of JB Weld on the back of the instrument face:  And inside the rubber light shroud:  And try it out with a blue LED:  I thought the single jewel on the instrument face might make the light too bright so I added the second into the light shroud, YMMV... Harvey |
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| slothness |
Apr 12 2013, 11:42 PM
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It's business time Group: Members Posts: 110 Joined: 7-October 04 From: Valencia, CA Member No.: 2,906 Region Association: Southern California |
QUOTE(HarveyH @ Apr 12 2013, 06:24 PM)  I always had a lot of trouble seeing the high beam indicator, so much so I was sure the bulb was actually burned out. I decided to clean things up and install LED bulbs and found the lens was almost totally opaque. Looking around at the local craft store I found these for $2.99: The backs are silvered but a few wipes on 1000 grit wet or dry removes it. Check the blue jewel, second from the right to see the result. Lots of color choices too. A bit of JB Weld on the back of the instrument face: And inside the rubber light shroud: And try it out with a blue LED: I thought the single jewel on the instrument face might make the light too bright so I added the second into the light shroud, YMMV... Harvey Damn Harvey! Like a boss. Nice work. |
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