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brumby clock in dash
Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2012 8:04 pm
by Joshamc
Hi can anyone tell me if you can fix a clock thats stopped working in the dash of a brumby. Also i was thinking of maybe putting a tacho there instead but would like to fix the clock first.
Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2012 8:20 pm
by TOONGA
If you don't mind pulling your speedo console apart to repair the clock you may be able to get it to work again. I pulled a working clock out of my speedo and did this
see where the clock lived; it took about 2 hours all up, to get the speedo out, pull it apart, get the tacho to fit and put it all back together.
TOONGA
Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2012 8:24 pm
by Joshamc
Tacho looks sweet. Very tempting. I have a spare dash which i pulled the clock out of to have a look. What do i need to do to fix it though? nothing obvious standing out to me.
Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2012 8:31 pm
by TOONGA
An FBH then you replace the clock with a working one or a tacho
seriously there is a solder joint somewhere in the clock that breaks. if you can find it and solder it you can fix the clock.
TOONGA
Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2012 8:33 pm
by 555Ron
What's the gauge next to the fuses for?
Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2012 8:36 pm
by TOONGA
555Ron wrote:What's the gauge next to the fuses for?
Mechanical temp guage, I don't trust the one in the cluster as it is hooked up to an EJ sender.
TOONGA
Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2012 8:36 pm
by Joshamc
Um yeah dont like the sound of that i can just see myself stuffing it right up. (Hey darl i need a tacho for christmas) Dont know which has more chance of working really?
Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2012 9:14 pm
by Joshamc
hey TOONGA or anyone else what diameter was the tacho you put in did you have to cut anything to fit it?
Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2012 9:39 pm
by TOONGA
It is 52 mm
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/New-52mm-Car ... 3cc4c7655a
I removed the front bit of the tacho to make it fit, I didnt have to modify the cluster at all.
when I put it all back together it just sat in place.
TOONGA
Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2012 4:01 am
by steptoe
Darn sight better result than mine when i tried to jamb in an L Series tacho over where the clock was. Many years ago I thought a clock in the dash of a car was seriously - a joke, ugly, waste of space. That was back when I wore a watch, and before I got a car with a clock - My Brumby !! Gonna miss that clock one day for sure ...52mm tacho eh ??
Gees I messed with that hard white plastic casing in the back of the cluster, was it with a die grinder ?
