Hi Erkan
I have never seen a cork gasket on an instrument before, all the instruments
on all the cars I have had were mounted on a square section rubber ring. To
replace these you can use the very thin section "O" rings. Some one will be
able to supply the diameters needed.
Graham.
----- Original Message -----
From: Erkan Hassan <ehassan@rx.umaryland.edu>
To: <jimbpps@pacbell.net>
Cc: <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2000 4:54 PM
Subject: Re: Instrument Lights Follow up
>
> Jim,
>
> This whole sorted tale starts with a bad tach cable with the needle
> bouncing violently between 0 and redline. This occurred until the
> needle fell off the pin in front of the tach behind the glass. I
> couldn't stop to take care of the problem as I was late to pick up one
> of my kids. Therefore the tach had to come out and be disassembled to
> fix the needle first and clean out the instrument.
>
> Once removed from the dash, the chrome cover is easily removed by
> twisting the tangs into the openings and removing the chrome piece.
> But on my tach (and subsequently the speedo) there is what appears to
> me to be a cork gasket all the way around behind the chrome. The
> gasket sits behind the chrome ring and supports the instrument in
> front of the dash. From my measurements it was 1/8 inch thick. The
> gasket from the tach completely crumbled with any attempt to remove
> it. The one from the speedo came out in one piece with gentle
> persuasion, so I used that as the template for a new gasket since I
> did not see this piece in any of the catalogs from the big 3.
>
> It also appears that the small gauges in the instrument panel also
> have a gasket behind them. Although I will do those at a later date.
>
> perhaps others on the list can comment as to the presence or absence
> of a gasket like material behind the chrome pieces.
>
> Erkan
>
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