Re: High beam indicator location?
Posted by HH56 On 2019/4/29 23:22:00
I know the number of bulbs is different but other than that I have no idea if the 39 speedo construction is anything like the 42-47 Clipper. On the Clipper you can definitely see places where a light shines thru if you look at the front face. The metal face is punched and immediately behind the punched holes is a colored plastic lens. On the back side of the lens going to the rear of the case where the socket mounts there is a cardboard tube which surrounds the indicator bulbs. That tube confines the light directly to the lens and punched hole so no light spills out in the cavity around the speedo where the normal dial illumination bulb does its job.
If you find an opening on your speedo face, possibly the cardboard tube has come undone or moved out of place and paper or some other foreign object has covered the lens or opening. Possibly someone painted over the lens or heat and old age has taken a toll.
On my 47 the plastic lenses had warped and become opaque either due to heat from the bulbs or maybe the sun hitting them and were almost useless. To restore them I removed the original plastic and placed another small disc of clear plastic with a bit of colored celluloid behind that to remake the lens. Since the amber and red celluloid was very transparent and the holes fairly large, bulb filaments could be seen thru the plastic. On those two openings I also added a thin white celluloid which still was able to pass light to diffuse and hide the filament.
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If you find an opening on your speedo face, possibly the cardboard tube has come undone or moved out of place and paper or some other foreign object has covered the lens or opening. Possibly someone painted over the lens or heat and old age has taken a toll.
On my 47 the plastic lenses had warped and become opaque either due to heat from the bulbs or maybe the sun hitting them and were almost useless. To restore them I removed the original plastic and placed another small disc of clear plastic with a bit of colored celluloid behind that to remake the lens. Since the amber and red celluloid was very transparent and the holes fairly large, bulb filaments could be seen thru the plastic. On those two openings I also added a thin white celluloid which still was able to pass light to diffuse and hide the filament.
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