Speaking of the red and blue lenses in the speedo/tach, mine are gone. I
have an empty hole where white light comes out. I have been contemplating
sacrificing some military flashlight filters by cutting a tiny red and blue
circle out of them. Is there any good way to do this? Is there a simpler
method of replacing them?
Ryan
>From: Frank Clarici <spritenut@Exit109.com>
>Reply-To: Frank Clarici <spritenut@Exit109.com>
>To: Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>
>Subject: Tech tip
>Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 17:34:49 -0500
>
>I learned a new tech tip today.
>Have any of you with the early Spridgets ever get bothered by the dash
>light eminating thru the red or blue jewel lenses on the speedo and
>tach?
>This drives me crazy because you think the ign light and/or high beam
>lights are on when it is just the gauge light sneaking past what used to
>seal the jewel lens.
>
>So I took apart the speedo and tach, removed what was left of the white
>rubber like stuff around the jewel, placed some black heat shrink tubing
>over the jewel (about a 1/2" length) heat shrunk it with a Bic lighter
>but I used a 1/4" bolt
>inserted in the heat shrink tube as not to distort the opposite end
>where the light tube goes.
>It takes a bit of patience to refit the black tube over the heat shrink
>tube but it does the trick. No more gauge illumination glow sneaking
>through the jewel lenses.
>It's the little things that bother me that I just HAVE to fix.
>And if you have your tach apart, now is a good time to add an extra
>small ground wire from one of the guts to housing screws and ground the
>guts to something. The guts are mounted on a rubber gasket and grounded
>to the housing. If your tach jumps, acts squirrely, or has a mind of
>it's own, add a ground wire. It always fixes mine.
>--
>
>Happy Healeydays
>Frank Clarici
>Toms River, NJ
>Too Many Sprites Again
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