Speedo Question

[Fsquad]

I purchased a used speedo for my 82 911SC. It works just fine but the glass has something on it around the mileage stem. Is there any way to remove the glass for cleaning on the inside? Or am I going to have to send it out? Thanks, Tom

[Fsquad]

Thanks any way I found the answer in the project book. Tom

[80-911SC]

be careful ......

[jdbunda]

Originally Posted by 80-911SC

be careful ......

Indeed. Beware - if you are doing this for appearance sake, it is very easy to end up with an appearance problem of a different kind.

I needed to take mine apart to replace the odo gear (if that hasn't been done yet on yours, now is the time, because it's not if it will fail, it's when). But I digress. Getting the bezel off without mangling it is not nearly as easy as the project description in Wayne's book (and various threads) make it seem (and they don't exactly sugar coat it, either). The trick is to find the right tool, and to use the right amount of force and patience to pry back the pressed bezel, making enough progress to eventually get it off, but not rushing so much that you put hundreds of tiny little bends in the round outer edge, which looks like crap. I was not successful, maybe because I lack the elephantine patience required to do this job, and/or lacked the proper tools (I was using various jeweler's screwdrivers)

Long story short, I broke the needle post trying to get it off to get at the odo screws, so I ended up having to send it out for repair anyway. The good news is, if you DO screw the pooch like I did, North Hollywood can replace your mangled bezel, put in a new glass lens (my old one was plastic), and replace the capacitors that tend to go in these things all for about the cost of two tanks of premium.