{"id":12916,"date":"2013-11-25T22:38:42","date_gmt":"2013-11-26T05:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/giuliettas.com\/?p=12916"},"modified":"2013-11-25T22:38:42","modified_gmt":"2013-11-26T05:38:42","slug":"spider-tri-gauge-cleaned-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/2013\/11\/25\/spider-tri-gauge-cleaned-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Spider tri-gauge cleaned up"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have had a gauge restoration kit<\/a> from David at Parts Correct<\/a> on my shelf for a while, and today I got to install some of the parts in the tri-gauge destined for my Spider. \u00a0The gauge that came with the car had some dings in the trim ring and was missing a calibration screw so I dug into my gauge box for a better one to rebuild. \u00a0Ended up putting together a ‘best from several’ gauge. \u00a0The hardest part of the job was getting all the parts clean enough – especially keeping lint off the black tri-gauge faces. \u00a0Lint-free wippes and Isopropyl Alcohol work wonders. \u00a0The easy part was fitting David’s parts. \u00a0The rubber ring that fits in the chrome trim ring fit perfectly, the insert needed no ‘adjustment’ to have the gauge fit back together perfectly. \u00a0Absolutely spot-on fitting parts.<\/p>\n

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Ha! \u00a0I didn’t realize I restored a metric gauge until right now. \u00a0Might have to swap the business end of things tomorrow – or just deal with it – all my engineering and chemistry homework was in metric units so I’m comfortable enough in C rather than F. \u00a0In my defense, I did this in about 15 minutes tonight. \u00a0Big difference can be seen between the ‘usual’ old gauge and one with the dust removed, glass cleaned, the trim ring polished and a new insert.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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I repainted the one installed in the gauge – was going to wait until I saw how good the color looked to spray this other one. \u00a0Decent enough match. \u00a0I couldn’t find the Duplicolor ‘Desert Mica’, so I went with ‘Champagne Opal’ I think it was. \u00a0I used a heat gun to dry the paint so I wouldn’t have to wait.<\/b><\/p>\n

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This really is pretty easy work. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Pick-n-pull on a small scale.<\/strong><\/p>\n

One part down, several thousand to go. \u00a0No rush, no destination, no agenda, just a little task before driving to daycare.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have had a gauge restoration kit from David at Parts Correct on my shelf for a while, and today I got to install some of the parts in the tri-gauge destined for my Spider. \u00a0The gauge that came with the car had some dings in the trim ring and was missing a calibration screw … <\/p>\n

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