needle removal/replacement - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

sactoC10 · 01-01-2004, 09:27 PM

OK, sitting here watching a 69-70 LWB in "Jeepers Creepers 2" operate as a getaway vehcle on TV... and taking apart my instrument cluster.

How do I get the needles off with destroying anything...then get them back into place correctly?

BUXMAN66 · 01-01-2004, 09:33 PM

didn't know you could take the needles off and replace....? i've just painted them on the guage,if i was trying to make them look better. dunno if this helps any.....

724x4a/cchevy · 01-01-2004, 09:39 PM

Take a fork and slide it up under neath the needle and pull straight up.

JimKshortstep4x4 · 01-01-2004, 10:29 PM

The speedometer needle hits a stop for zero, but the gas gauge needle does not have a stop. If you pull the gas gauge needle off, remember where it was so that when you put it back on it will read correctly.

Jim

sactoC10 · 01-02-2004, 12:46 AM

Thinking that I want to repaint the needles...and possibly put white faces in the cluster...so that's what I am thinking about while I have this all apart.

Longhorn Man · 01-02-2004, 02:25 AM

I painted my guages white, and then when they dried, I put some construction paper under the needles by cutting a slit in it, and then shot the needles orange.
Done it 3 times now with no problems at all.

724x4a/cchevy · 01-02-2004, 02:31 AM

durangedesign.com sells a vynal overlay kit for our trucks. its $20 i think. I bought a set and installed them myself.

724x4a/cchevy · 01-02-2004, 02:36 AM

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Longhorn Man · 01-02-2004, 03:34 AM

Bummer you can't read the speedo numbers at night though huh? (Other than that...I do like the overlay deal)

01-01-2004, 09:27 PM	#1
sactoC10 71 DELUX Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Northern CA / Sac Posts: 1,055	needle removal/replacement OK, sitting here watching a 69-70 LWB in "Jeepers Creepers 2" operate as a getaway vehcle on TV... and taking apart my instrument cluster. How do I get the needles off with destroying anything...then get them back into place correctly?

01-01-2004, 09:33 PM	#2
BUXMAN66 go bucks! Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: MIAMISBURG OHIO USA Posts: 803	didn't know you could take the needles off and replace....? i've just painted them on the guage,if i was trying to make them look better. dunno if this helps any..... __________________ '68 swb 1/2t 350/350th '86 lngbd 3/4 TON parts getter '49 gmc 1/2 t 5 window 350/350th '96 gmc sonoma sle ext-cab. hey it's a 4cyl. 5 spd and good on gas y'know?

01-01-2004, 09:39 PM	#3
724x4a/cchevy Self-proclaimed LED man Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Harrisburg, Missouri Posts: 1,021	Take a fork and slide it up under neath the needle and pull straight up. __________________ My LED Website My Photobucket Album of LED's Ask me about hand-made custom L.E.D brake and reverse lights. <- LINK I also do LED: -Third Brake/Cargo -Brake (truck and burb) -Reverse (truck and burb) -67-68 Front Turn Signals -69-70 Front Turn Signals -71-72 Front Turn Signals -GMC Front Turn Signals I can also do custom lights for other vehicles....i did a set for a AMC Gremlin once Norwood Survivor

01-02-2004, 12:46 AM	#5
sactoC10 71 DELUX Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Northern CA / Sac Posts: 1,055	thanks Thinking that I want to repaint the needles...and possibly put white faces in the cluster...so that's what I am thinking about while I have this all apart.

01-02-2004, 02:25 AM	#6
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,690	I painted my guages white, and then when they dried, I put some construction paper under the needles by cutting a slit in it, and then shot the needles orange. Done it 3 times now with no problems at all. Attached Images

01-01-2004, 10:29 PM	#4
JimKshortstep4x4 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Muskegon,MI,USA Posts: 6,026	The speedometer needle hits a stop for zero, but the gas gauge needle does not have a stop. If you pull the gas gauge needle off, remember where it was so that when you put it back on it will read correctly. Jim

01-02-2004, 02:31 AM	#7
724x4a/cchevy Self-proclaimed LED man Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Harrisburg, Missouri Posts: 1,021	durangedesign.com sells a vynal overlay kit for our trucks. its $20 i think. I bought a set and installed them myself. __________________ My LED Website My Photobucket Album of LED's Ask me about hand-made custom L.E.D brake and reverse lights. <- LINK I also do LED: -Third Brake/Cargo -Brake (truck and burb) -Reverse (truck and burb) -67-68 Front Turn Signals -69-70 Front Turn Signals -71-72 Front Turn Signals -GMC Front Turn Signals I can also do custom lights for other vehicles....i did a set for a AMC Gremlin once Norwood Survivor

01-02-2004, 02:36 AM	#8
724x4a/cchevy Self-proclaimed LED man Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Harrisburg, Missouri Posts: 1,021	1 1 Attached Images __________________ My LED Website My Photobucket Album of LED's Ask me about hand-made custom L.E.D brake and reverse lights. <- LINK I also do LED: -Third Brake/Cargo -Brake (truck and burb) -Reverse (truck and burb) -67-68 Front Turn Signals -69-70 Front Turn Signals -71-72 Front Turn Signals -GMC Front Turn Signals I can also do custom lights for other vehicles....i did a set for a AMC Gremlin once Norwood Survivor

01-02-2004, 02:37 AM	#9
724x4a/cchevy Self-proclaimed LED man Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Harrisburg, Missouri Posts: 1,021	2 2 Attached Images __________________ My LED Website My Photobucket Album of LED's Ask me about hand-made custom L.E.D brake and reverse lights. <- LINK I also do LED: -Third Brake/Cargo -Brake (truck and burb) -Reverse (truck and burb) -67-68 Front Turn Signals -69-70 Front Turn Signals -71-72 Front Turn Signals -GMC Front Turn Signals I can also do custom lights for other vehicles....i did a set for a AMC Gremlin once Norwood Survivor

01-02-2004, 03:34 AM	#10
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,690	Bummer you can't read the speedo numbers at night though huh? (Other than that...I do like the overlay deal)



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