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Jul 21st, 2025 | | | | Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 327 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 327 | I'm going to replace the face on my gas gauge etc. Any tricks i should know about doing this I guess i should be carefull with the wires and oil sender?? Also I should be able to curl up into a ball and contorque ny body to get behind my dash or hire a small person ... Peter | | | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,983 Master Gabster | | Master Gabster Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,983 | I'm planning on training my wife's Pekingese to use a screwdriver.
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| | | | | Joined: Nov 2001 Posts: 1,516 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Nov 2001 Posts: 1,516 | Top priority and very first,,,disconnect the battery.
A droplight and mirror will help you find the 3 or 4 nuts that hold it on. Ive used a 1/4" drive socket set and one of those flexible nut drivers to loosen the nuts,,get it dropped down where you can label the wires and remove everything. From there its , take off the chrome bezel,,place all your stickers,,and put it back together.
Im sure ive left out some small or large details
but thats basically how it goes.
Oh yeah,,if you lay a pillow or some kinda cushion across your clutch and brake pedals,,it helps alot.
Marty | | | | | Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 327 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 327 | thats a good idea about the pillows | | | | | Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 1,317 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 1,317 | Just a suggestion.....when you're refacing the gauges, or any of the vinyl decals on the AD truck, there are a couple tricks to getting them to look perfect! First of all, you need to carefully wipe the old gauge face clean...you'll note a flacky residue. I used a little piece of red scrungy pad. Use some alcohol to remove the residue and then add some water! Yup water!
Mix a couple drops of dish detergent in a glass of water, use a q-tip to wet the gauge face surface. The water/soap solution will allow you to use some tweezers to position your new vinyl face under the needle without it sticking in the wrong place. Once you've got it positioned, use another Q-tip to squeege the water and bubbles out from under the decal. Like magic, the vinyl sticks right where you want it, and the bubbles are easily worked out to the edges. Repeat on all the gauge faces and your cluster will look like new. Hope this helps you get it right the first time.
Dave | | | | | Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 2,644 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 2,644 | Dave knows his stuff.
If you recall years ago the Firebird graphic on the hoods, those were done the same way in the factory. One guy on each side of the hood, spray the hood with soapy water, peel the backing off that huge sticky thing, lay it on the hood, slide it into position, the squeegee the soapy water out from under the graphic.
The soap just breaks the surface tension so you get a thin film of water instead of drops. | | |
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