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SirAndy
Is the needle on a VDO Tach just a press fit?

I don't want to break anything, but i need to get that needle off so i can replace the face ...
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Todd Enlund
QUOTE(SirAndy @ Apr 28 2009, 04:00 PM) *

Is the needle on a VDO Tach just a press fit?

Yup.
PRS914-6
Careful Andy, easy to screw up a tach pulling on the needle. The shops have a little puller for that.
SirAndy
Got it off. I used a pair of flat pliers to get to the metal under the plastic and support two sides, then pulled straight up.

Looks like it worked ...
beer3.gif Andy

PS: Now on to printing the new face ...
Todd Enlund
QUOTE(SirAndy @ Apr 28 2009, 04:59 PM) *

Got it off. I used a pair of flat pliers to get to the metal under the plastic and support two sides, then pulled straight up.

Looks like it worked ...
beer3.gif Andy

PS: Now on to printing the new face ...

What are you using to print the new face? I've got my gauges apart with plans to put new faces on them.
Katmanken
Just tell me the new tach face is not a smiley face......

Don't think I could stand a tach that looked that happy.......
Pat Garvey
QUOTE(SirAndy @ Apr 28 2009, 05:59 PM) *

Got it off. I used a pair of flat pliers to get to the metal under the plastic and support two sides, then pulled straight up.

Looks like it worked ...
beer3.gif Andy

PS: Now on to printing the new face ...

Oh, I can't wait to see this!
Pat
SirAndy
QUOTE(kwales @ Apr 28 2009, 05:37 PM) *

Just tell me the new tach face is not a smiley face......


More like this:

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Actually, the above is a face i made for my car when it still had the T4 motor.
I'm redoing it right now to fit my /6 tach ....
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championgt1
I love the dollar sign. biggrin.gif
SirAndy
Alright, here's the /6 Tach version with the original high beam indicator reused as a "Check Engine" light ...

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watsonrx13
Very nice Andy....
-- Rob
bperry
The spacing for the blinker lights seems wider.
I haven't looked but can you really change the spacing for the blinker bulbs?
SirAndy
QUOTE(bperry @ Apr 30 2009, 11:29 AM) *

The spacing for the blinker lights seems wider.


It's a /6 Tach from a 911. That's the spacing it came with ...
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