MX5 Lockwood Replacement Dials
You'll get instructions with the kit, and a good
set of pointers from www.donutz.co.uk One
important point to note is that you can push TOO hard when refitting the
pointers - I did, and was alarmed to find that my oil pressure gauge1
wasn't moving. I'd pushed the pointer back so hard it was rubbing against the
face :-).
The trickiest part is cutting the needle stops off the old dials (you need a
thin craft knife of the X-Acto type) and fitting them to the new ones. They fit
in with a satisfying "click", then you super-glue the cut backs on
again. I was dreading that part, but it was actually much easier than expected.
The only trick is to do the cutting job on a big white sheet, because when you
cut the back off the needle, it tends to go "ping" and
end up in the carpet :-(
All in all it wasn't as bad a job as I expected, about
two hours elapsed time, and 30 minutes of that was (a) getting the binnacle off
and (b) waiting for sundry glue to dry. The only down side with the Lockwood
dials is that the illumination isn't as even as the stock units, though it's not
too bad.
1. The oil
pressure gauge on the MK2 isn't a gauge at all, just a needle version of the
usual idiot light. It only has two positions : OK and ABOUT TO SEIZE :-)
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