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Sep 17, 2004 | 05:27 PM

maticuno

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White Guages

I bought a reverse glow guage kit for my truck. It hasn't arrived yet, I'm just trying to run through all of the steps mentally so I'm less likely to make a mistake. The kit says that you don't need to remove the needles to install it...but I don't see how this is feesable. Does anyone have experience with this? If so, is there anything else I should be warned about before starting in on this? Thanks!

Sep 17, 2004 | 05:49 PM

kontai69

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The white face overlay you bought probably has large holes which goes over the round needle "hubs," precluding the need to pull off the needles.

Here is a link to a very thorough writeup on how to remove the gauge cluster to install white gauge overlays...
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/s...te+face+gauges

I personally have a cluster from an Explorer Sport Trac. Here is a link to a pic of mine installed...
http://images.cardomain.com/memberim...138015full.jpg

Sep 17, 2004 | 09:10 PM

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Thanks for that writeup! Man...a lot more involved than I was thinking...but hopefully do-able in a few hours.

Sep 18, 2004 | 12:01 AM

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I put the white face on my '99 and had to remove the needles. Only problem was with the speedo and I had to use radar to get it right. Just be careful and it will go on OK.
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Sep 19, 2004 | 12:49 AM

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If need be, can you move the needles manually? Or will this mess with the servo's and other drive mechanisms? In other words...can I position the needles by hand while still connected to the cluster without breaking anything?

Sep 19, 2004 | 12:01 PM

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Originally Posted by maticuno

As I recall, I just pulled the needles straight up and off, then pushed them back on after I placed the white face. Just be carefull you place them back in the right position. Good luck.
Dono

Sep 19, 2004 | 02:22 PM

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Thanks for all the help guys! Another seemless installation complete. I tried pulling up on the needles, but I was afraid I was going to break something. The needles that allowed me to, I turned by hand until it was parallel with the other needle and then slid the overlays on. Then I turned the needles back to where they were pointing. After a test drive, all the gauges work...I think. It'll be a while before I can tell if my gas gauge still works. I'll post pics once I can take a night shot.