Speedo Glass Lens, Fixed my odometer today Options

[solex]

Hello,

Have not posted in a while been busy but have made some progress on a few fronts. Today I removed my speedo to fix the odometer. I would like to replace the plastic lens with one made from glass, pelican does not stock these anymore can I simply get some cut from glass or does anyone have a source?

Also, is there a simply way to increase the lumonisty of the guage bulbs?

Thanks,
Dan

[bperry]

Hmmm. My '74 speedo lens is/was glass.
But years ago, 15+, I did replace the lens in my tach which was plastic.
It was warped convave in and was causing the tach to stick
by rubbing on the silver button in the middle.

I called around to several art & glass supply shops asking if they could
cut a circular piece of glass. Finally found an art supply shop that
said they could.
I brought in the tack and the plastic lens to their shop and watched
them attempt to cut the glass. It was truely a sad sight.
Their tool used a compass type device with a suction cup in the middle
and a nicely marked and high precision adjuster. The
girl could not figure out how to get from diameter to radius
which is what the cutter measured in. After 2 attempts which
created perfectly round glass but not even close to the right size.
I asked if I could run the tool and she allowed me to.
I measured the diameter and marked it on a piece of paper
then folded the paper in half and used that to set the compass.
(Metric, Standard, who cares.....)
I then scored the glass, and snapped it with their plyers and
in less than 5 minutes had my new glass for my tach.
Cost me all of $2.00. [but that was 15 years ago]

If you can find a place that can cut the glass, I'd go with
glass over the plastic. There are different thicknesses of glass
and you should be able to get close enough to work.
That anti glare glass described in the previous post sounds great, thats
what I go for now if I had to do it again.

And if its a tiny bit loose, a tiny dab of silicone sealer will hold it
in place.

Good luck.

--- bill