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Roman
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by Roman » Wed Dec 19, 2012 3:39 pm
Garm wrote: and it's a little too cold to drive it.
someone drove to work in the 40-degree temp range this morning. With the heater core deleted. Builds character.
Sorry. Buy a scarf.
Oh gee! Drive a motorcycle year round on the east coast.......THAT builds character.
Will trade guitars for roadsters, food, shelter, clothes, etc, etc.
gokiburix
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by gokiburix » Wed Dec 19, 2012 4:09 pm
RFR wrote: Garm wrote: and it's a little too cold to drive it.
someone drove to work in the 40-degree temp range this morning. With the heater core deleted. Builds character.
Sorry. Buy a scarf.
Oh gee! Drive a motorcycle year round on the east coast.......THAT builds character.
...not if i don't have to!
spl310
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by spl310 » Wed Dec 19, 2012 8:29 pm
A college buddy from Maine drove his bike year round. His only other choice was to walk.
"Wow, a Roadster!" Stuart Little
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by gokiburix » Thu Dec 20, 2012 10:57 am
woohoo~ the gauges and clock came in the mail yesterday. Will be working on the roadster this sat (hopefully friday too) to get the new(er) gauges in.
It's pretty easy to access, right?
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by spl310 » Thu Dec 20, 2012 11:14 am
Not completely. Drop the steering column to get the tach out. The clock can be loads of fun...
"Wow, a Roadster!" Stuart Little
1967.5 2000
1967.5 2000
1964 1500
1964 1500
1967.5 1600
1968 chassis
2006 Acura MDX
2013 Volkswagen Jetta TDI wagon
1995 F350 Powerstroke!
More...
Garm
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by Garm » Thu Dec 20, 2012 11:16 am
yeah, it's tedious. Tach has to come out to get the speedo out, at least that's the way I did it.
While you're at it, put some brighter LED's in them.
1969 Roadster 1600-ish #26244 "Spike"
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OS GIKEN LSD $1720
AASCO light flywheels $398.95
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by gokiburix » Thu Dec 20, 2012 12:16 pm
thanks for the heads up! Does anyone have pictures of doing this?
(i did find Garm's thread on tach removal
http://311s.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f= ... 2&start=15 " onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;)
Garm..that was the plan. The old bulbs are crap...and I think the tach bulbs are out on my current ones, so I'm missing some bulbs anyway. I will be doing LED strips. I've done it in the 510 that I had. I will try my best to document for the roadster.
This is the result on my 510:
white LED
blue LED
there's a remote to change colors of the LED
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by gokiburix » Thu Dec 20, 2012 12:50 pm
yessss...found some pics:
http://www.mydatsunroadster.com/page/12/ " onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
(with dash removed, but it gives an idea what I'll be tackling)
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by gokiburix » Wed Dec 26, 2012 1:40 pm
Well...here's the result!
I only did the speedo and the tach. I didn't bother with the multi gauge (too hard to get to and I'm ok with stock lighting on it)
If you want me to do a writeup, I can! I took some pics along the way
sleepyzzz
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by sleepyzzz » Thu Dec 27, 2012 5:56 am
that looks great nice job
1967 SPL1600 sold
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Garm
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by Garm » Thu Dec 27, 2012 6:55 pm
mmm, tach goes to 8k... mmmmm...
1969 Roadster 1600-ish #26244 "Spike"
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OS GIKEN LSD $1720
AASCO light flywheels $398.95
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by gokiburix » Thu Dec 27, 2012 7:15 pm
who has a new VIN plate??
...this guy!
fairladyproducts.com
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by fairladyproducts.com » Thu Dec 27, 2012 8:05 pm
I have a new blank model ID plate.
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by L320 » Thu Dec 27, 2012 9:57 pm
spl310 wrote: I have the stamps here. Two sets. But I am in Florida...
Are these stamps anything special? I was just wondering if you could use a set from Harbor Freight?
I see they have 3 sizes, not sure which would be best? They have 1/8, 1/4 & 3/8
http://www.harborfreight.com/catalogsea ... t?q=stamps " onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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by spl310 » Thu Dec 27, 2012 11:34 pm
1/8 would work fine. Compare the stamps to the shapes of the numbers stamped in your ID tag - there are differences.
"Wow, a Roadster!" Stuart Little
1967.5 2000
1967.5 2000
1964 1500
1964 1500
1967.5 1600
1968 chassis
2006 Acura MDX
2013 Volkswagen Jetta TDI wagon
1995 F350 Powerstroke!
More...