Bartman Posted July 12, 2005 Share Posted July 12, 2005 Okay I've searched here and other sites, and I can't find the answers to a couple of questions: 1. How do you remove the speedometer without removing the dash? Access seems pretty limited, but I know some of you have done this to install your aftermarket gauges. 2. The glove box door (at least mine) has 3 plastic pieces that serve as hinges and they're all broken. Can I fix them somehow or do I need to replace the whole piece? This piece is the entire inner side of the glove box door extending into where it attaches to the bottom of the glove box opening. I have a 73 240Z. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim240z Posted July 12, 2005 Share Posted July 12, 2005 The little thumb nuts on the gauges are sometime very tight from the long time since they were moved. IF that is the case, there is very little room to get a pair of pliers or vice grips in there......that means removing the dash..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nullbound Posted July 12, 2005 Share Posted July 12, 2005 i got mine out in my '73 pretty quickly. the thumb nuts were very tight, but i was able to get some small needle nose pliers in there to assist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bartman Posted July 12, 2005 Author Share Posted July 12, 2005 Thanks guys, is there just one thumb nut at the bottom? I've been trying to feel around back there and I just haven't found it yet:confused2 . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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nullbound Posted July 12, 2005 Share Posted July 12, 2005 it's been a while, but it seems like there was one wingnut on the bottom corner of each gauge, and then a thin flat bar connecting the two gauges themselves. something like: .O-O. where the '.' would be a wingnut the 'O' would be a gauge and the '-' would be the bar connecting them sorry if i'm recalling incorrectly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bartman Posted July 12, 2005 Author Share Posted July 12, 2005 thanks for all the info, I'll feel around back there and see what i can find. I definitely don't want to remove the dash:twisted: . Anyone have any ideas on the glove box hinges? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim240z Posted July 12, 2005 Share Posted July 12, 2005 Bart, When I get home this evening, I will take a picture of the back of my old speedo and mail it to you.....at least you will know where to feel for it (without the aid of a patch of hair ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bartman Posted July 12, 2005 Author Share Posted July 12, 2005 Bart' date='When I get home this evening, I will take a picture of the back of my old speedo and mail it to you.....at least you will know where to feel for it (without the aid of a patch of hair )[/quote']Thanks Tim. I'm not going to touch that patch of hair comment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastzcars Posted July 12, 2005 Share Posted July 12, 2005 How about a " Piano hinge" to repair the glove box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bartman Posted July 12, 2005 Author Share Posted July 12, 2005 How about a " Piano hinge" to repair the glove box.I was thinking about that . Have you...or anyone else...used one in this application before? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim240z Posted July 13, 2005 Share Posted July 13, 2005 Sorry man....speedo is MIA, but the tach has two studs, directly opposite each other on the back of the gauge.....IIRC, the speedo is the same.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastzcars Posted July 13, 2005 Share Posted July 13, 2005 try my favorate place. http://www.mcmaster.com . search piano hinge. you'll find 6 pages of piano hinges!!!! there's got to be one just the right size. I do seem to remenber that the glove box hinge was very much like a PH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bartman Posted July 13, 2005 Author Share Posted July 13, 2005 Thanks for all the input on the speedo, I got both the Speedo and the Tach out last night. Nullbound, Your drawing and description were spot on. Even though I swear it wasn't there the first time I looked:shock: , Wick Humble has a good pic on page 122 of his book (I guess the first time I was reading the text and not looking at the pic's). The wing nuts were pretty tight and the space was very limited, but I finally managed to coax them out without removing the dash. P.S. - If I don't hear anything else about the glove box door, I'll go down the piano hinge route. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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