Lee, Fred Katz has a web page on speedo disassembly and assembly, As far as
lubricating use some light machine oil, dont use too much or it will get on
your lens once you reassemble it.
Gerardo Magana
67.5 Solex
64 1500
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lehinger" <Lehinger@fwi.com>
To: "'Gerardo Magana'" <gmagana@softcom.net>
Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 6:33 PM
Subject: RE: Speedo repair discovery
> Gerardo - Do you have any info on getting the gages apart? Web page with
> directions? I would like to do my speedo & tach while out of the car, and
> take the rest apart to clean, lube etc.
> THX!
> Lee Ehinger
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Gerardo
> Magana
> Sent: Sunday, March 17, 2002 5:30 PM
> To: JRDMF@aol.com
> Cc: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Speedo repair discovery
>
>
> That's an interesting bit of trivia, I am going to have to take a look as
I
> have not yet lubricated the speedo, My car is #222. It is still apart, It
> will
> be interesting to figure the production date for this. Any tips on what I
> should do to lubricate the speedo assembly before reassembly would be
> appreciated.
> Gerardo Magana
> 67.5 Solex 2000
> 64 1500
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: JRDMF@aol.com
> To: gmagana@softcom.net ; datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> Sent: Sunday, March 17, 2002 11:51 AM
> Subject: Re: Speedo repair discovery
>
>
> Hey Gerardo:
>
> The "black dot" Vs the "silver dot" that Kanto Seiki put on the Tach and
> the
> Speedo for the 67.5 2000 and the 67.5 1600 happened at about the middle of
> the
> production runs on both cars. I believe it was another late addition to
the
> DOT mandate regarding removal of all shiny surfaces in the cabin. The
latest
> 2
> liter car that I have seen so far without the black dot is Andrew Murphy's
> car
> #00489. Take a look at the original gauge that you took out of the car and
> on
> the back you will see a 5 digit "serial number." This number actually
> corresponds to the date that the gauge and the car were made. I.E. serial
> number 19047 would be for a car that was produced on the 19th of April
1967.
> We haven't narrowed it down to the exact serial number transition yet, but
> we
> know car #00489 came without the dot and we know that 6 days later they
> started adding it. How many cars that were made in those 6 days we don't
> know,
> but at least we can say with confidence that if you have a high serial
> number
> car you should have the black dot and of course cars that are below #00489
> should be silver.
>
> It has taken us a couple of years and a couple dozen sets of instruments
> to
> narrow this down and I would be very interested in hearing from anyone
who
> has a 2 liter car in the serial number range of #00490 through 00550 to
see
> just when they committed to the change. (I know, get a life.....but it is
> pretty cool to put some some order to at least one area of these cars.)
>
> Jon
> Huntington Beach, Ca
> 67.5 2000
> 67.5 1600
>
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