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Bitsa (Ralph Wright - RIP):
Could try asking Lecram he is a dial restorer and a member on here
Cheers
Bitsa

kent400:
The trip knob screw is a problem, tiny screw that won't often come out. I think Ash might be the one who has a selection of tiny screws. I have a selection of dial face screws, I think some 500f gauges used screw with smaller heads although the thread is the same, from memory it's the gauges with metal faces that have the smaller head type. I think they were originally passivized black. You could just touch them up with some matt black paint but if you don't want to do that I'll have a hunt in the spares box and see what I can find

simonster:
Yes I had to carefully drill the head on the trip screw to release the knob which allowed me to get to the screw to remove with pliers. The thread diameter on that screw is 1.9 mm and 2.2 for the dial facia screws. The heads are different on the speedo and tacho but the threads are exactly the same and I don't mind at all the head type just that they match in pairs. Don't make it a special search, I may just clean and touch up the heads to save the headache. Btw I have just tried a 1.6 mm watch screw for the trip knob and it holds fine. So just need to fix the dial screws. Cheers all.


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simonster:
M2 stainless works well as a non standard replacement for trip knob and m2.5 for the face plate. Both M sizes are are about 0.2 mm smaller than metric mm and so diameter and thread are a nice tight fit.


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