[6pack] dashlight update

[Joe Honor]

Thank Bob I checked out both his & your site and though I intend on
refurbishing the rheostat his work on the gauges would cause my head to
implode I am hopeful to successfully install dash get the gauge back and car
will then start and gauge work will serve me a peaceful victory Regards Joe

Joe Honor / Sent from my iPhone

On Mar 9, 2011, at 4:13 PM, "Bob Danielson" <75TR6 at tr6.danielsonfamily.org>
wrote:

> You might want to go through Paul Rego's site
(http://www.74tr6.com/gauges.htm) where he did a complete refurbishing of his
gauges which made a huge difference in brightness. A lot of work but worth the
effort.
>
> Bob
>
>
> Bob Danielson
> 1975 TR6 running with
> Throttle Body Injection
> Toyota 5 Speed
> Nissan Diff & CVJs
> http://tr6.danielsonfamily.org
>
> -----Original Message----- From: David Murray
> Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 4:55 PM
> To: 'Joe Honor' ; 6pack at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [6pack] dashlight update
>
> Joe,
>
> Don't expect a huge difference in gauge brightness.  The gauge construction
> severely limits the amount of light that makes it to the front of the
gauge.
> The light travels around the edge of the gauge face plate (metal) through a
> perimeter slot of at most 1/8" and then gets reflected off the inside of
the
> glass onto the face of the gauge.  I have fabricated a test setup with an
> array of outdoor sign LED's (equivalent light output of 60W bulb) arranged
> around the periphery of the gauge housing and while I do see an improvement
> it is still nowhere near a modern car; even one from the 80's :)
>
> I think the only way to significantly improve the lighting of the gauges
> would be to have new faceplates fabricated out of plastic that would allow
> light to pass through those areas one would want lit, i.e. the numbers and
> markings; or to fabricate a flexible circuit that would mount in front of
> the faceplate but behind the bezel using surface mount LED's that would
> illuminate the front of the faceplate.
>
> Dave