SPEEDOMETER- CONVERSION

[gina]

Hi just replaced the speedometer conversion, should we have taken off the old Kilometre disc as we now have no lights behind on that dial?
Gina and James

[Doone]

Do you mean you've fitted a speedo face over the old one, without removing it? I think a couple of people may done this, but it's better if you take the old speedo face off.

[gina]

MMM yes fitted it over the old one.......should we have taken it off?

[Jolly Rogers]

Yeah you need to take the old one off. You will need to take off the needle. Be gentle.

[gina]

opps never took off the needle to hard.... cut the dial....... opps

[Triple/R]

MMM yes fitted it over the old one.......should we have taken it off?

I did that with my dial---put new one on top of old--stops light getting through--youve still got to take the old one off--the needle has got to come off--use 2 teaspoons for leaverage resting them on the 2 small screws lever gently & watch the balance weights when they drop out --remove original dial & put new one on only--before replacing needle & weights switch ignition on then replace needle at zero--this worked for me but don't work for everybody.

[teenmal]

opps never took off the needle to hard.... cut the dial....... opps

Hi Gina,when I replaced the dial face,I removed the old face,cut the new face from 6 oclock to the centre of the dial.
I then eased the new cut face over the pointer,fitted the two screws and put everything back together.
That was about a year ago and its working fine.

Cheers Malc..

[bigdaddycain]

Why does the needle have to be removed?

[teenmal]

Why does the needle have to be removed?

Depends on the size of your (dial) hole.

[gina]

Thanks for all your help....Gina and James

[vanvliet]

See other threads about replacing the Bongo speedo with a proper MPH one from a UK 626

[Manny]

I got a Mazda 626 speedo from a breakers. This has the advantage that the odometer will also be in miles.

Manny