Gauge bezel installation tip
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Gauge bezel installation tip
Hi everyone;
I just replaced an oil pressure gauge in my '73's vert gauge cluster and thought would pass along this tip that helped me concerning the bottom nuts that are so hard to access. It took an hour to remove these nuts. I went to the hardware store, searched and bought two "coupler nuts", that's how they were listed on the drawer. these nuts are long and can be easily started on the studs , then after getting them finger tight a few turns with a 3/8ths wrench, job done. I followed Willcox instructions and they were very helpful, they suggest starting these nuts before installing the bezel but I found this was not necessary using these nuts but still could be helpful. Removing these nuts are no longer a problem. I will post a picture of one of these nuts , sorry for the blurriness but you get the picture, pun intended.
Hope this helps someone.
I just replaced an oil pressure gauge in my '73's vert gauge cluster and thought would pass along this tip that helped me concerning the bottom nuts that are so hard to access. It took an hour to remove these nuts. I went to the hardware store, searched and bought two "coupler nuts", that's how they were listed on the drawer. these nuts are long and can be easily started on the studs , then after getting them finger tight a few turns with a 3/8ths wrench, job done. I followed Willcox instructions and they were very helpful, they suggest starting these nuts before installing the bezel but I found this was not necessary using these nuts but still could be helpful. Removing these nuts are no longer a problem. I will post a picture of one of these nuts , sorry for the blurriness but you get the picture, pun intended.
Hope this helps someone.
Thread Starter
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Joined: Oct 2010
Posts: 695
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From: Palm Desert California
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