Painting Gauge Needles and Boost Economy Gauge

[redassag00]

Hi Gang, thought I would share pics of the boost gauge install. My Gas W126 Cluster arrived today, and the needles were sun faded.

I decided to take the cluster apart, clean the dimmer rheostat out, soak the brass in Vinegar to clean, and JB Weld the Spring to the ceramic housing.

Next, I removed the Economy needle,(used a fork and pulled straight up) positioned it at 10 o clock and pushed back down, and move the needle over the pin.

Next is the paint. I used International Orange last time, and to me it was too red. This time I got some yellow, "Insignia Yellow", and mixed it, 50/50 in a styrofoam bowl and used a fine needle to paint.

When the weather clears up over here, I'll be pulling the cluster out of the SDL, repainting the other needles and installing the economy/boost gauge.

Here's the pic. As you can see, its not as bright red if the Int'l Orange was used alone. This is my cell phone camera, so the resolution kinda sucks, but the needles are a shade lighter than shown here. I'll try to dig out the good camera this week.