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Enter a hook on each side of the dash bezel,make sure your hook is entering in a upwards position.
Out of a coat hanger I made myself two hooks that I bended at 90 degree and grind the ends off.
Ok the left side is out..now the other side.
Turn both hooks towards the center of the dash and gently pull towards you,it might need some convincing,so go ahead and pull some more.
Done.
Now you need to disconnect the few light bulbs, harness,speedometer cable and oil line.Don't worry about oil leaking...It wont happen.
There are 8 screws like this that you need to remove.
Now that everything is disconnected,bring you dash bezel to your work bench and lets start disassembling the whole thing.
First off the tachometer.
Then the speedometer.
And last but not least the oil,gas and temperature gauge.
Bought myself a small container of fluorescent orange color at my local hobby store with a 00 size brush.
Take a piece of paper and place it under the needles that need painting.
Make sure before you start painting to clean the needles with rubbing alcohol and a cotton swab so that the paint adheres well.
I applied two coats of paint,let the first one dry for 10 minutes or so then hit the next coat.
First coat.
Done!
Fuel oil and temperature gauge,then speedometer,and last your tachometer.
Time to reassemble.
Thats not too bad...isn't it?
