Instrument refurb

[ELSPORTO]

Wondering has anyone used Howards Instruments in Melbourne?

They have a lot of info on their site about refurbs on pre A and 911 gauges.

I just need glass cleaned on the inside and seals redone to stop fogging in winter ... faces are fine.

Cheers,

Ben.

[Terminator]

Yes there work is acceptable not world class but pretty good.

[reedminor]

I had mine done at Brookvale Ben... I'll find the details

[SportoEvans]

Hi Ben.

I have not used them yet but I called them a couple of weeks ago about repairing my clock that's not working.

I spoke to the owners wife - knowledgable and pleasant.

However, she said they are super busy with a big backlog of work and they are about to go on 3 weeks vacation.

[AdamGill]

Hi Ben

Lots of forum members have used them.

Picked up my my speedo from them a couple of weeks ago - if you are not in a rush then the work seems good.

Happy to post some pics if you would like to see their work?

Cheers
Adam

[ELSPORTO]

Many thanks for all the responses.

Justin - Brookvale sounds very easy - let me know of you find any info.

Adam - interested to see the work for sure, but not if its a hassle as May end up going to Brookvale.

Cheers,

Ben.

[tobygiles]

Hi Mark, I took the clock from my 911L to Ringwood speedos to be told it was unrepairable I got onto Google and found out how to do it myself, it was easy. I just had to clean the contact points on the solenoid with cotton tips and carny clean.

[Merv]

Toby is spot on. These clocks can be fixed, provided the gears aren't chewed up. They are often not. There are several good threads around such as http://www.pelicanparts.com/techarti...ock_repair.htm

My 356 one is an early electro-mechanical version and after I spent some time working out how it operated. I cleaned it with a solvent spray and then lubricated it with a little light clock oil and then sanded the contacts and added a new fuse wire (the original was a flawed design with a section of solder). All good now and buzzes away every now and then, winding itself. Yours should be even simpler.

[reedminor]

Ill have a look at that - mine has stopped working.

Ben - Jason is the chaps name

http://www.manlyautoinstrumentrepairs.com.au/.

My instruments were cleaned and serviced and from memory it cost about $500.... he was relatively quick too - I had them back in about 2 weeks.


JR

[ELSPORTO]

Thanks Justin - will give Jason a call today.

If he can't help I may give it a shot myself ...

Cheers,

Ben.

[Merv]

It's not hard Ben. Just don't try to remove the front dress ring. It opens from the back. Sometimes the earths are dodgy too.

[AdamGill]

Hi Ben

Couldn't find the photo of the original speedo however it looked like this red tacho:

Now looks like the black one.

Cheers
Adam

[ELSPORTO]

Merv,
that's what I was worried about - creasing the dress ring as heard it's a special technique to remove.
However there's a bit of moisture in a couple as they fog in winter ... so might need the seals redone as well - not sure if there's a seal around the dress ring?

Adam,
that gauge looks pretty good to me ...

[AdamGill]

I think so too. However it took the best part of a year and I had to return it as the needle hadn't been painted and it was running in mph. Fingers crossed when I install the re callibration has now been done.

Cheers
Adam

[ELSPORTO]

That doesn't sound so good!