Okay, I talked about laying two capacitors on their side. Please see image one below for the answer why. Image two below shows I've moved all 5 of the large capacitors inside along with the oval-shaped crystal over on the other side. Image three below shows I've left the crystal sticking up a bit off of the circuit board. There are a couple of tiny surface-mounted capacitors I didn't want the metal case to hit. And image four below shows the back side of the speedometer mostly cleaned up. You'll see I also removed the two micro-switches. I'll use one of these, but it will be simply 4 small wires connected to the circuit board with a switch sent off to another location. This will let us set/re-set the odometer. And one more thing, but not for today as I have an appointment with the eye doctor...I must remove and re-orient the white and the red plugs. They stick up too high and I want those oriented sideways for space-saving. Now one interesting thing. The black circle on the back side is a stepper motor. You might expect the needle shaft to be right in the center of the stepper motor, yes? Please look at it. The needle shaft is in the center of the speedometer but it sits about 1/3 of the way up from the bottom of the stepper motor. More about re-locating the plugs probably tomorrow or later. For now, we've accomplished a lot. We've turned this bulky and odd thing into a sleek compact speedometer that will fit into the stock housing nicely. Oh...important note...please do not remove the dial plastic. It has a clear window that will protect the data window until we're finished with our "surgery."
~ Jon 1952 1/2 ton with 1959 235 | T5 with 3.07 rear end
