Just to follow up...

Completed the main instrument lighting refresh.  Capt. O was right on the money!  Thanks again.

Dulled the sharp tip of my 00 phillips screwdriver, and the little JIS screw backed right off.

 

While I was in there, besides cleaning things up, I re-routed that trip meter cable under the vent hose so that the speedo can be pulled out more easily in the future.

 

Speedo & tach lighted much, much better, took a quick not so great pix, the cam does not pick up all the lighted dial.

 

Will have the rest of the led bulbs Wed do the small secondary gauges and finish the refresh.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Excellent. I love it when a plan comes together. Good thinking on the cable re-route to make future work easier. I should have done that too.

 

This whole thing reminds me that I gotta pull my dash... I've got a leaking heater core and I also need to do some electrical work for a headlight relay upgrade. Easier if I just pull the whole dash. My car has been in hibernation, but Z season is fast approaching!

 

If I remember, I'll reroute that cable while the dash is out.

I have my dash out right now, trying to source some replacement gauges. After reading this, you can bet I'll reroute that cable when I put the dash back in...

Curtis, what gauges do you need? Or are you looking for custom gauges?

Edited March 18, 201511 yr by SteveJ