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Elite Veteran Posts: 782    Location: Edmonton, Alberta | With the fourth day in a row of 50 degree+ temperatures here, I thought it was time to get a few odds and ends handled on the Fury. Over the winter when we had a brief thaw, I pulled my car's clock and heater control valve and send them off for service. I'm still waiting on the heater control valve's return, but decided that I should get the clock re-installed. When I sent the clock in for repair, I also ordered a bottle of paint suitable for repainting gauge needles. I also thought it was time to investigate a nasty green puddle that had formed underneath the car. I wasn't at all happy to see the puddle underneath the car as over the summer, I'd pulled the rad and had dropped it off at a radiator shop for cleaning and repairs. Last night, I put a pressure tester on the rad and came out this morning to discover that the leak was coming from a lower rad hose connection off the waterpump that I'd neglected to tighen enough, and that I have an additional small leak from the thermostat housing. I tightened the hose clamp. The t-stat gasket will have to wait until later. Job two was next. I pulled the cluster and pulled the temperature and fuel gauges. I refinished the needles and re-installed the gauges. I pulled the speedometer, refinished it's needle, and re-installed it. I decided that a few drops of oil on the spedometer's wick might be a good idea, so I did that too. I put the clock back in the car and re-installed the cluster. I set the clock, connected the battery, and tick-tock. I hit the key and made sure I didn't screw anthing else up while I was working on the cluster and everthing seems to work as it shoud. As I type this, I realize I forgot to hook up the speedo cable... a job for next weeked I suppose. I thought I post a picture of the dash now that it's back in the car. I have a before shot, but it's too big to post here. I'm not that good at resizing! This job wasn't rocket science, but it did require some patience. I took a lot of photos as I completed the work. If anyone is interested, I can do a how-to article and post it in the technical section of the fourms Edited by sconut1 2012-03-31 10:07 PM (PICT0132.JPG) Attachments ----------------  PICT0132.JPG (75KB - 57 downloads) | ||
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Expert Posts: 1737  Location: Hay Lakes, Alberta, Canada | Hi Gord, Wow, the Fury's cluster looks snazzy!. Now, if we can discuss the steering wheel wrap...  | ||
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Elite Veteran Posts: 782 Location: Edmonton, Alberta | |||
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