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z1100r:
Thanks chaps...yes its rattle cans....an unbelievable finish for what they are. I paid
z1100r:
Had the tank and side panels out in the sun all day today hardening off, so I had a go at the clocks. In about 1990 a local Honda dealer closed down. Frettons of Coventry was a big shop and their spares dept was the best in town. They put up 5 or 6 tressle tables and had a closing down sale of all the leftovers in the spares dept. What a shame I was skint. Anyway al I could afford was a pair of clocks for a tenner but I didn't look at them closely enough. No good for my 500...totally wrong...cables come out at an angle and speedo contains idiot lights. The plus side is the bowls and glasses are the same. So I swapped everything over today and dipped the tip of my faded needles in some red paint and hey presto very good nick clocks from a load of scruffy looking tat.
Another problem though, I slit the rings with a 1mm dremmel disc and now I need to put them back on. What methods have you guys got for this. I was thinking of brazing/soldering a couple of small tubes on the ends - one threaded the other not - and use a small screw to tighten them up. A bit like a hose clamp.
Spitfire:
Who's rattle cans did you use, the finish looks great !
Cheers
Den
z1100r:
This stuff..!! Its cheaper than I thought..!!
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/metallic-blue-spray-paint-400ml-/150581060846?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item230f54a4ee
z1100r:
Well those bloody clock bezel rings have been bothering me to hell. So tonight I got on my little lathe and made some tiny stainless bushes. Some with a clearance hole and the others tapped 3mm. I made a few and did some trial and error on an old ring. They are stainless rings so as I had no silver solder or flux I brazed them onto the ring...worked OK but looked a bit messy. I have ordered some silver solder and found my flux so should be good to go when that arrives. I also ordered a kit of small size stainless screws for
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