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| How to open 16v gauges? | |
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| Topic Started: Thu Oct 29, 2009 8:10 am (150 Views) | |
| dan_189 | Thu Oct 29, 2009 8:10 am Post #1 |
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Hi guys, Im wondering how to get the 16v gauges opened up so I can change the needles from yellow to orange from my spare cluster. I saw a pic on here once and someone had painted the needles. How do I get in there, there are 2 screws on the back but undoing them dosent do much. Thanks Daniel |
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| vaggeli | Thu Oct 29, 2009 9:27 am Post #2 |
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id like to know this too pls |
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| Big Ben | Thu Oct 29, 2009 9:41 am Post #3 |
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Where the metal bezel (glass retainer) fits to the front of the gauge you will see that it has been bent over behind the plastic flange to retain it in place. You need to very carefully prise this open, with a suitable flat head screwdriver, until the bezel turns and allows the location flaps on the bezel to line up with the gaps in the flange. It should just pull off at this point although I have had a couple of them that need a little careful prying. |
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| dan_189 | Thu Oct 29, 2009 11:18 am Post #4 |
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ahh similar to the lap timer, I was more interested in opening that so I didnt really have a shot at the others. What size are the needles? Can I use one of the orange needles from my instrument cluster? |
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| MICHAEL | Thu Oct 29, 2009 11:20 am Post #5 |
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Lewis had topic on coloouring the needles, I'll have a look for the link. |
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| MICHAEL | Thu Oct 29, 2009 11:23 am Post #6 |
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There's plenty of info here for you. http://s14.zetaboards.com/mercedes_190_club/topic/227691/ |
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| dan_189 | Thu Oct 29, 2009 11:28 am Post #7 |
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Im having trouble with them  lol how much of the metal overlap should I pull up?
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| dan_189 | Thu Oct 29, 2009 11:39 am Post #8 |
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Do you have to pull the metal up all the way around? |
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| Big Ben | Thu Oct 29, 2009 12:13 pm Post #9 |
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Yup! |
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| dan_189 | Thu Oct 29, 2009 3:17 pm Post #10 |
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awesome! damn it I cant even get a few sections up
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| Marv | Sat Oct 31, 2009 3:47 pm Post #11 |
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Be carful if you do it, you can run the risk of them fogging up once you've taken them apart. Replacment gauges aint to bad from MB. |
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| dan_189 | Sun Nov 1, 2009 4:41 pm Post #12 |
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The reason I want to get them open is I want the needles to be orange to match my instrument cluster. Is there a needle in the instrument cluster that will fit the gauges to save me painting them? thanks |
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