Jeff,
When I cleaned up & rebuilt my guages, I put them back together with a
little bead of black silicon caulk. YMMV...
Good luck,
Peter Ficklin
'63 & '68 Spits
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Jeff McNeal wrote:
>
> Greetings all,
>
> As I tear through the interior of my Triumph as part of my casual
> restoration effort, I've decided to remove and clean all of the guages
> thoroughly while I have my facia veneer panel sent out to be professionally
> restored to its original English Walnut glory.
>
> These guages are original and obviously never touched. I had a real hard
> time getting the bezels off and faced a mess of crumbling black gasket
> material that I had to scrape out.
>
> Consider these facts when contemplating my question, please... I live in
> San Diego, California. This car will rarely be driven at night or in the
> fog, and never, EVER in the rain. Additionally, it's garaged at all times
> when not being driven.
>
> As I was scraping all the crud out of the bezel recesses. I began to wonder
> that given my conditions of driving this car both now and in the distant
> future (i.e. no moisture or rain and low humidity), I'm wondering whether
> replacing these gaskets is really be something I should concern myself with.
> Is it?
>
> If so, where can I find replacement gaskets? Thanks for your input!
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Jeff in San Diego
> '67 RHD Spitfire Mk3 aka "Mrs. Jones"
> http://www.ohms.com/spitfire/projects.shtml
> Jeff's Classic '67 Triumph Spitfire Mk3 Site
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