<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Note that a small wad of wet aluminum foil is just about *perfect* for cleaning chrome plating to a high, scratch-free shine. It's quite remarkable how well it works if the plating itself is intact. Try that on your gauge bezels, Lee, and let us know how they look.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Apr 2, 2023 at 8:15 PM Greg Lemon <<a href="mailto:grglmn@gmail.com">grglmn@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">I cleaned up the gauges on my TR250 myself. I believe the small gauges come apart the same way as the big ones. Loosen some tabs and twist so the tabs line up with the slots to pull it off. Clean glass as you would clean glass. Gauge faces and dials. Gentle is the word, wipe with a damp, soft cloth. There will probably be crud inside, and the interior paint may be flaking, repaint with white paint.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">The bezels, mine were painted black, so I repainted them black satin. Looks like yours are chrome, would give the a vigorous polish and see how they turn out.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">A completely refinished gauge face is way beyond my skillet, but I read up on a guy who DIYed it and fixed his gauges at home. I will tackle a lot, but really can't imagine doing that and having it turn out well.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Sorry, not a very good pic, but all zi could find.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Greg Lemon</div><div dir="auto">TR250</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"> </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Apr 2, 2023, 4:43 PM <<a href="mailto:lee@automate-it.com" target="_blank">lee@automate-it.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">I'm replacing the dash on my '74 TR6. The gauges/speedo/tach all work <br>
(maybe not terribly accurate tho!). But, wow, they're pretty grimy <br>
compared to this shiny new wood dash I've got. What's left of the <br>
o-rings is cracked and crumbled. With a little encouragement I can get <br>
the speedo and tach open - but how does one safely open up the <br>
fuel/temp/oil/volts gauges?<br>
<br>
The other option is to send them to a restoration shop (there are <br>
several that show up in a search; note that Nisonger is no longer doing <br>
repairs but selling replacement units only). Any idea what a <br>
clean-up/check-up would cost for these 6 units? I've got a huge list of <br>
other things to work on rather than spend the time on these things.<br>
Thanks!<br>
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