Re: Mike's 53 Clipper

Posted by Tobs On 2015/3/3 3:03:19

Hi Charlie,

First I cut a 1/4 inch by ~3 inch slot into a few pieces of paper and laid them over the clock face so I didn't scratch anything, then I just used the knife from a leatherman pocket tool and pried up on the base of the minute hand. I didn't pry on the wide ring of the minute hand, but right where it attaches to the clock mechanism. I worked my way around 1 or two times, and then the minute hand jumped about a foot in the air as it came off with a pop. The hour hand I was able to pull off with my fingers. I also set the clock to 1:00 before taking off the hands, so I knew where to put them back. I was worried I was going to bend the hands, but it all worked out without breaking/bending anything. I am happy with the red. I don't think I am going to paint the actual fuel and temp gauges, I'll just leave them grey. If I painted them, then I would also have to repaint the white triangles, and I don't trust myself to get that exact enough..
Have a good one, Mike