'85 Venture Royale Dash Separation

[oppelousas]

How do I separate the dash to get to the gauges? My dash illumination knob won't budge. I have searched the forums and my manual diagrams but can't see how it comes apart.

 

 

 

Thanks

[Yammer Dan]

You must remove windsheild and trim. Screws that hold dash unit are on the sides of it. Lift out entire unit.

[oppelousas]

Thanks Yammer,

 

I have it out. Actually sitting right here on my lap. I just can't separate the front part from the back because of this little dimmer knob.

 

 

  Yammer Dan said:

You must remove windsheild and trim. Screws that hold dash unit are on the sides of it. Lift out entire unit.

[Pegasus1300]

the dimmer knob has a screw down inside it.Reach a small phillips down the hole and you can remove it.

[oppelousas]

Ok, I will check that. Thanks alot.

 

 

 

  Pegasus1300 said:

the dimmer knob has a screw down inside it.Reach a small phillips down the hole and you can remove it.

[Yammer Dan]

Grease that speedometer good before you put it back in.

[oppelousas]

Oh yeah, I sure will. I was just reading some posts about that. Also gonna lube the tach, replace all of the bulbs. Might even order them LED's. I sure thank all of you for the info on this site. Best 12 dollars I ever spent.

 

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Happy New Year to all of you.

 

 

  Yammer Dan said:

Grease that speedometer good before you put it back in.

[Venturous Randy]

On the speedo, as you may have already have read, you want to put the grease down into the very bottom around the sleeve where the cable goes into from the outside. On the tach, I don't suggest using a thick grease like the speedo because it can make the tach slow, especially when cold.

RamdyA

[oppelousas]

Thanks Venturous. I got all my bulbs replaced. Speedo greased where it needs to be greased. Was fixin' to put it back together but decided to come in from the shop and check this thread. I used 3 in 1 oil on the tach.

 

Thanks a bunch you guys........

 

 

 

  Venturous said:

On the speedo, as you may have already have read, you want to put the grease down into the very bottom around the sleeve where the cable goes into from the outside. On the tach, I don't suggest using a thick grease like the speedo because it can make the tach slow, especially when cold.

RamdyA

[bongobobny]

Actually, back in the day (60's and 70's) when I was working on jeweled meter movements the best thing to do was to leave them dry and as clean as possible. Most cleaning solvents left a film that would add friction to the jeweled bearing, as it was a point of contact bearing. Not sure if that applies to the tach or not but it is in effect a meter movement as well. The real source of a jumping tach is the number 2 timing signal being intermittent, usually at the TCI connector...

[Venturous Randy]

  oppelousas said:

Thanks Venturous. I got all my bulbs replaced. Speedo greased where it needs to be greased. Was fixin' to put it back together but decided to come in from the shop and check this thread. I used 3 in 1 oil on the tach.

 

Thanks a bunch you guys........

 

 

One more thing I forgot to mention. Make sure all the needles are on the correct side of the stop pins before you reassemble everything.

RandyA

[friesman]

  Venturous said:

One more thing I forgot to mention. Make sure all the needles are on the correct side of the stop pins before you reassemble everything.

RandyA

 

Hmmmm Sounds like I am not the only person to notice that lil mistake AFTER the dash was back together....

 

 

Brian

[jasonm.]

you do not lubricate the tach...