North Hollywood Speedometer

Glad that all worked out!  @TheMayoMachine

They're a solid outfit, for sure. 

Harmut is the man.

That's a significant price increase.  It's been a couple of years, but the last time I sent one in it was $185.

Did they give you a new chrome ring?  They told me they couldn't get the rings anymore.

Did you also get a quote from Palo Alto Speedometer?

@TheMayoMachine

I did not get any other quotes, although I suppose I should have.  I believe the cost was due to having all of the components changed; I’m pretty sure the face, glass, and possibly the needle are my originals.

The chrome ring lookeddarned good but mine wasn’t in too bad a condition.

I'll check the invoice later and let you know. 

When I bid the Spyder gauges last year N. Hollywood was lower than Palo Alto. Both very pricey, but it's high-skill work I can't do meself. 

North Hollywood Speedometer did a gut rehab of my tachometer 6 years ago.  Their turnaround was pretty fast and it's still going strong.

Fun fact - I don't know if it's still true, but Palo Alto and North Hollywood used to be owned by two different Hartmuts. 

North Hollywood = Hartmut Behrens

Palo Alto = Hartmut Mees 

That is definitely a fun fact.

How does the tach mount ? I looked in the back and no thumb screws on the studs. Only pushed in the gasket? I need to send in my Chinese piece for repair anybody do a 8000 rpm upgrade ? Thanks in advance for any info. 

On my 2003 VS there were “L” shaped brackets that held all the gauges in the dash.  They were mounted behind the dash and one end pressed against the gauge while the other end pressed against the back side of the dash.  Tension on the nut effectively pulled the gauge into the dash and held it in place.

I imagine yours is held in place the same way,  but each build is different from the last.

In the photo, you can see one of the two studs (near my thumb) that the bracket ran though and were held in place with a hand tightened nut.

fuguboy posted:

How does the tach mount ? I looked in the back and no thumb screws on the studs. Only pushed in the gasket? I need to send in my Chinese piece for repair anybody do a 8000 rpm upgrade ? Thanks in advance for any info. 

If you have the rubber gasket on and it fits snuggly when pressed in, that's all you need to do. If it's not quite snug enough you can wrap electrical tape or painters tape around it a few times to make it snug.

If it'snnowhere near snug, you will need the nut and L shaped legs that Mayo mentioned. 

I put my new Beck gauges in and they were very difficult to press in with the rubber grommet that reduces the 105mm hole to a 100mm hole so I didn't bother putting the clips on in the back. If the pothole i hit is large enough to knock the gauges loose you won't even be able to find me; it'll be a sinkhole not a pothole.

Thanks for replying I think mine is just pushed in with a gasket. Not sure if I will repair my6K,convert to 8Kor buy a vdo 8K 100mm? Who has the gasket for 105/100mm adaptations? Been broke for a year now got to get some stuff off my list. 😳Thanks again ✌🏿

fuguboy posted:

Thanks for replying I think mine is just pushed in with a gasket. Not sure if I will repair my6K,convert to 8Kor buy a vdo 8K 100mm? Who has the gasket for 105/100mm adaptations? Been broke for a year now got to get some stuff off my list. 😳Thanks again ✌🏿

I got the rubber gaskets from Sierra Madre Collection. 

https://sierramadrecollection....al-100mm-p17173.html

Anyone got their tach converted to 8,000 rpm ?