Re: 4kq Speedo is off

["Frank J. Bauer" <frankbauer@thevine.net>]

At 09:51 PM 11/10/98 -0500, PN wrote:
>When fixing my odometer problem in my 87 4kq last week, I didn't mark the 
>speedo needle, so now that it's back on it doesn't read right (it's too 
>fast)...
there should be a tick mark on the face of the speedo (just to the
"negative" side of the zero peg.)
you should pop the needle on in this position and then carefully lift it
over the peg.

>Anyone have any suggestions to fix the two tabs that hold the instrument 
>pod to the dash board? One was broken before I got involved, and now the 
>other is cracked so the pod slides around. I was thinking of epoxying a 
>washer to either side to help out...
i fastened a small piece of flat plastic with an appropriately sized hole
drilled in it to the underside of the leftover tab.
your washer idea should work just as well, as long as the adhesivee works.

frank