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Speedo Refresh And LED Dash Lights.
Created on 2008-09-10 05:35:43
The speedo was pretty much the last important thing to sort out and I ended up pulling it and disassembling it. Was all gunked up with hardened grease.
While it was out I thought it would be an opportune time to deal with some of the dash lights - especially the indicator arrows.
The new wiring harness has the sockets on them but they are worse than useless. The globes won't stay in them and they are a general PITA.
Some discussion on the forum re: the use of LEDs got me thinking that I could do better with something like that. I went searching on Ebay and came across these:
Bought them and with some hot melt glue, shrink tube and an old socket made these:
Very bright and fit in well.
I've still got 20 left so I'm thinking of doing some other lights.
While it was out I thought it would be an opportune time to deal with some of the dash lights - especially the indicator arrows.
The new wiring harness has the sockets on them but they are worse than useless. The globes won't stay in them and they are a general PITA.
Some discussion on the forum re: the use of LEDs got me thinking that I could do better with something like that. I went searching on Ebay and came across these:
Bought them and with some hot melt glue, shrink tube and an old socket made these:
Very bright and fit in well.
I've still got 20 left so I'm thinking of doing some other lights.
Summary of Previous Journal Entries
Showing previous 10 journal entries:
| Title | Date | #Pic | #Cmt | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Death Of A Friend | 2008-09-10 | 4 | Peter died early last week and I'm struggling coming to terms with it. A few days ago I wouldn't have been able to write this but I'm getting a little better. The funeral wa... | |
| Glove Box Fabrication | 2008-09-10 | 2 | Mentioned before about a new glove box out of PVC sheet. I thought that I may have been able to make the box a little bigger to make use of some of the space behind the dash... | |
| First Run On The Streets. | 2008-08-27 | 6 | Not legal yet but, went for our first decent drive tonight. Went up the road did a 3 point turn and came back. Checked around the car a bit, checked the tyre pressures and put Davi... | |
| Catch Up And Engine Disaster. | 2008-08-16 | List of things done: Headlight buckets cleaned and painted. Headlights attached, connected and working. Front parkers and indicator lights on and working. | ||
| Door Assembly And Inner Door Handles | 2008-07-09 | On holidays here, so I've got a bit of time to work on the MGB. Dug out the innards of the doors and cleaned them up and re-greased them. Had a few issues with working out h... | ||
| Catchup On The Journal Thing. | 2008-07-02 | 6 | I've done a lot more but haven't recorded here, I've just been through a very busy time at school and the working on the car has been more of a sanity retainer. At this stage I'll ... | |
| Back Shelf Cover & Footwell Panels | 2008-06-03 | 2 | Completed the back shelf by making the centre carpet piece and using hot glue to make the moulded section covering the shock absorber humps on each side. Turned out ok from ... | |
| Little More Behind The Seat And The Centre Console. | 2008-06-01 | The back shelf is a very difficult surface to cover with carpet and one piece has to be removable for battery access. I decided to cover the section just inboard of the wheel arch ... | ||
| Battery Cover And Wheel Arches | 2008-05-28 | 4 | Gave the battery cover an etch with the last of the MetalReady and used up almost all of my PO15 on it. I've done this many times before so I didn't bother with before photo... | |
| New Seats, Interior Panels And Windscreen | 2008-05-25 | 6 | A bit of variety in this entry. Got the seats back from Scotts Uphols. last Wednesday and I'm really pleased with the colours. The quality of the job is good, not great but ... |
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