Speedo needles and auto responses

["Luke Kowalski" <lkowalski@domain.elided>]

jake writes:

>My tach and speedo are sticking because the pointers have bent back against
>the dial, presumably due to age and heat.  I took the tach out of the dash,
>tried gently to straighten the pointer and it cracked - not all the way
>through, but enough to show that this approach won't work.  The easiest fix
>might be to simply snap it right off and glue it back at a shallower angle.
 >Has anyone found a better solution?

jake,
broke the needle, eh?
i know the pain, i have been a mother (Polish saying)
what i did next time around is that i took the tach out and heated it over
the gas stove ("over" being the key word), stole my wife's tweezers and bent
it away while it was hot. i singed a bit of the white plastic housing, but
it is concealed anyway, so no problem.
now you are faced with having to get another needle, or you could always get
creative and craft your own. you could have a cool arrow at the end, the
middle finger, or a grinning monica pic --- as the revs climb...?

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thx
luke, San Mateo, CA

74 Spider, 82 GTV6, 95 164LS, 98 Audi A6 Q

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