57 speedometer?

["Wayne Graefen" <wgraefen@xxxx>]

Hi Bill,

Yes, at least the '57-58 speedometers had some sort of rubbery gray gasket between the plastic face and the housing of the speedo. It turns into gray black goo and herdens, especially in warmer climates. Scrape it all away, then set it back in with some clear silicone and remove any excess.

Offhand I don't recall if the 4gauge cluster also had one for sure, but I think it did. It got less sun in the side window so was not as much of a problem.

Wayne


Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2002 11:45:58 -0800
From: Bill <bleahy@xxxx>
Subject: 57 speedometer?

in trying to clean and polish my dashboard and components, i ended up with a
little problem with the plastic face of the speedometer ending up loose and
wiggley.

apparently the last owner put some kind of calking (that looked like hell)
to keep it from vibrating...and when i cleaned it all up it was loose as a
goose.

is there suspose to be a gasket of some sort in there? in the other gauges
also?

bill of bill's basket case in kennewick washington (57 300 c)




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