Hi Ben,
You might find that the cloudiness is dirt on the inside of the glass.
I spent yesterday, a rainy day here in CT, removing, cleaning and
replacing all the glass on the instruments in the B, except for the oil
pressure gauge. My white washcloth turned brown/black with the dirt that
came off. With the glass off, I used a damp Q-tip to clean the dial
faces. A lot of dirt came off them as well. While the instruments were
out, I unscrewed the lightbulbs, cleaned their tips with a dry cloth and
reinstalled.
I would not be so brash as to say that the instruments are now easily
read, but at least the glow they make allows for them to be located in a
dark car.
The use of 7.2v bulbs has been advocated. An electronics-type friend
asked me if the wire size supplying the lights would be adequate to
handle the increased current. Does anyone know for sure?
Bob
On Sun, 02 Nov 1997 11:38:57 -0500 Benjamin Ruset <bruset@monmouth.com>
writes:
>Just got back from fiddling with the car -
>
>The gauges in the dash are cloudy - is there anyway to get rid of this
>cloudiness, or do I just replace all the gauges?
>
>Directionals don't work - could this be because there is no hazard
>switch
>installed?
>
>BTW: David - the switch you left in the car doesn't appear to have the
>same
>type of connectors as the plug behind the dash, and also has no bezel,
>so I
>can't mount it.
>
>Tuesday will be "hunt around in the junkyard day"
>
>
>
>
>BEN RUSET - http://www.monmouth.com/~bruset
>78 MGB Roadster - 89 Mercury Cougar
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>"If you gaze for a long time into an abyss,
> the abyss gazes also into you." - F.W. Nietzsche
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