OK, I just read about 20 fuel gauge posts, hoping I wasn't the first. No such luck. Either that, or I am the first with the necessary pride-swallowing capabilities.
While cleaning up my gauges during a dash pull/wire sorting mission on my 74 SIII, I dropped my fuel gauge pod on the concrete shop floor. First, of course, it bounced to the deepest, darkest under-bench corner. Upon retrieval the needle was a bit tweaked. The slightest touch, and the dang thing popped right out! Nothing appears to be broken. And I had a slight sense of how it was seated in there, but can't get it back in place.
New fuel gauges are way too 'spensive to just go for a replacement. I'm fairly certain I can figure it out if someone has a pic/diagram/detailed description how the needle goes back onto it's little tab and what keeps it in tension. Is there any benefit; is it even possible to non-destructively get the face of the gauge off? What's holding it together. I couldn't tell.
While cleaning up my gauges during a dash pull/wire sorting mission on my 74 SIII, I dropped my fuel gauge pod on the concrete shop floor. First, of course, it bounced to the deepest, darkest under-bench corner. Upon retrieval the needle was a bit tweaked. The slightest touch, and the dang thing popped right out! Nothing appears to be broken. And I had a slight sense of how it was seated in there, but can't get it back in place.
New fuel gauges are way too 'spensive to just go for a replacement. I'm fairly certain I can figure it out if someone has a pic/diagram/detailed description how the needle goes back onto it's little tab and what keeps it in tension. Is there any benefit; is it even possible to non-destructively get the face of the gauge off? What's holding it together. I couldn't tell.
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