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The needle on the speedometer in our '56 Panel is loose from the stem. One of my spare speedometers looks like it would work, but the needle is broken(see the pic). Anyone ever remove and replace a needle? Tell me how, please. Thanks.
Oh, I would also like to reset the odometer back to 00000.0 before our maiden voyage. I've seen replacement number wheels advertised, but have never disassembled and reassembled a Ford speedo before. I have never been a used car/truck dealer so don't have much experience rolling back odometers.
About resetting your odometer. I did mine back in 1999. So I forget the details, but remove the odometer. Once it's on your workbench you can carefully take it apart. You have to do one column at a time. There is a trick to this that I forget now. But you'll figure it out . It is a slow process. Maybe you can find a how to video on YouTube.
About resetting your odometer. I did mine back in 1999. So I forget the details, but remove the odometer. Once it's on your workbench you can carefully take it apart. You have to do one column at a time. There is a trick to this that I forget now. But you'll figure it out . It is a slow process. Maybe you can find a how to video on YouTube.
Thanks, 56panelford, after I watched the video I reset one of the odometers back to 0. I'll use it in whichever cluster I use.
I watched some vids about super glue & baking soda. Obviously adding the baking soda causes the super glue to harden immediately and super hard & strong.
I'll try to use a very small dab of glue, with a toothpick, and see how it goes.
The needles are just friction fit on the shaft. You can grab the shaft with a needle nose pliers and hold it while prying up at the base of the needle, I would use a nylon pry tool. I have taken several apart over the years.
The needles are just friction fit on the shaft. You can grab the shaft with a needle nose pliers and hold it while prying up at the base of the needle, I would use a nylon pry tool. I have taken several apart over the years.
Yeah, I've done the same on old GM speedometers several time myself, but these Fords have a very delicate coil spring (looks like a spring out of a watch or small clock) just behind the needle, that I'm not familiar with. I hate to destroy a speedo to find out more!
