hey all, looking to swap the gauge face from my 77 tach onto an older (tall skinny typefont) tach. the wire harness is the same (maybe from a 74-75Z (?). it seems necessary to remove the needle to be able to lift off the gauge face....how do you remove the needle?....

thanks

Grab it like a thumb tack and gently pull straight up. If it's anything like the 240Z tach.

I had to pull mine to put on the MSA white face gauge kit, that I might add "Sucks". The 240Z tach needle rests at zero so it makes it real esy to set the needle back to zero when re-installing.

You'll notice on the below pics that the screws lifted the sticker a little. I think this can be fixed by using a very thin washer for the screw head to turn on, rather than binding on the vinyl.

apparently it just prys off

thanks guys...i'll get out my fingers on it...

zs ondabrain: why did the MSA faces suck?...they look good!...outside of the vinyl issue...which quite frankly, i wouldn't have noticed if you didn't say anything )

p.s. zs ondabrain...i guess the off-centered thing is bugging you too (larger side gap R vs. L )...they still look good )

got it guys...job done

They sucked because the vinyl kept peeling up when the gauge got warm. I completely washed and used an alcohol swab on every inch of the faces, and they still peeled.

The tach alignment is off,

They don't make a Speedo gauge for the early 240Z's, like mine, I had to make my own.

Just not happy with the whole $70 purchace and end up having to redo half of them and also make my own.

7277, I look at them everyday, hard to NOT notice every detail

Zs ondabrain: i here ya man. looking at a flaw everyday is annoying....especially the time we Z guys spend on our cars....

i bought a brand new dash for my 280, and it came in with a tiny flaw....Pis@%#$ed me off!!!