D Cluley
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I picked up one of those chronometers at the junkyard a while ago, and I want to dissasemble it to clean it up. Does the mechanism come out of the housing through the front or the back of the metal case?
NYB Chronometer to oil press gauge conversion.
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commando1
Old Man with a Hat
Remove face plate (2) from housing by prying back prongs (1) and pulling straight off.
Remove entire guts through front of metal housing.
D Cluley
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Thanks. 
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
I may be slow but it gets done.
Eventually...........
Wish I knew how to silkscreen.
Eventually...........
Wish I knew how to silkscreen.
70NPORT
Old Man with a Hat
Good enough for gov'mt work,lol.
No......its pretty cool. Kudos
No......its pretty cool. Kudos
I may be slow but it gets done.
Eventually...........
Wish I knew how to silkscreen.
Very nice work Stan! Did you remove the oil pressure warning light sending unit and use that port for the gage sending unit?
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
No, I still have the idiot light. I have two sending units.
Looking at the picture now and I just realized I effef up.
I didn't paint the needle to match....
Looking at the picture now and I just realized I effef up.
I didn't paint the needle to match....
cm23uoc
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Was about to mention that, did one installation just a few months ago for one Bimmer and looking around to find one that already has a red needle. I forgot to tint the light bulb to purple to match the rest of the instrument lights, so I'll have to pull it as well.
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
Now I feel better.
I think....
I think....
Greg B.
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When you take it out to paint the needle orange and silkscreen the mask, maybe you can re-cut the top to make it horizontal like the other gauges... :hiding:
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
Can't make a square cut out of a round gauge. I tried.....
And if you think I'm tearing that gee-dee dash apart yet again.....
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And if you think I'm tearing that gee-dee dash apart yet again.....
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Greg B.
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commando1
Old Man with a Hat
That would have been the perfect unit. Oh well, when Bob does his, he'll have had all the research done for him.
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Thanks Stan.
Greg B.
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My research revealed that most automotive oil pressure gauges are round. However, light aircraft often use square units.
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commando1
Old Man with a Hat
Before I installed it, I Googled the crap out of "DIY silk screening" and all the results showed me the same thing;
that it was doable but still too complicated and too big a hassle for me for such a small detail.
So, I lose a couple of points at Pebble Beach....
that it was doable but still too complicated and too big a hassle for me for such a small detail.
So, I lose a couple of points at Pebble Beach....
I figured your knitting skills might carry over. ;)
70NPORT
Old Man with a Hat
Still looks cool nonetheless. I have a clock "delete" spot in my dash....just today I was thinking about how cool an OEM looking tach would look in that spot/cut out, although I've already got a decent SUN tach on the column.......hmmmm.
300rag
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Like you are ever gonna go to the left coast
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