Re: Henry's 55 Constellation

Posted by Cli55er On 2015/10/26 11:02:06

go back one post to see the dash wiring and tear down of the dash. this post serves to show the beginning of the reassembly of the dash.

of course with my luck....I ALWAYS break something that is VERY important. sometimes in the stupidest ways. as you can see I took the gauge cluster apart to clean all of the dirt out and polish the gauge faces. I also repainted the lettering and numbering with white enamel. I also redid the brass/gold details with some brass spray paint. sprayed it into a plastic bag and then used a very fine paint brush to brush it all on. I got all of this at Michael's craft store.

anyways....during reassembly of the gauge cluster I took the top piece off that was just sitting on top of the bottom piece so that I could clean the finger prints off the speedo gauge face plate on the inside. well when I did that it slipped and the top part of the cluster hit the needle and wouldn't you know it.....broke the damn shaft the need was on...so yeah...its worthless. I took it apart to show how it broke.....didn't matter cause it was useless.

I worked on the clock as well. I cleaned it with carb spray and then sprayed it down with pb blaster. cleaned up the points and it started working like it was new again. tested it with a battery charger. set the f/s setting and I'm good to go on that now. used some foam I had laying around to replace the old sound deadening in the clock cup.

here are some pics of the dash clear coated as well.

I cleaned up the stainless mesh of the dash as best I could by hand with a wire brush. using polish was a pita with all of the holes in the mesh. so I just did the best I could with the wire brush.

I used contact cement to glue the cloth piece back to the dash.

yes the inside of the gauge cluster is white, so I repainted it to make it brighter. figure it has something to do with the light.

cleaned up the turn signal indicators. by doing so it rubbed off the chrome plating and now they are a bronze/brass color. oh well...they look better then they did with all that black gook all over them.

I tried to show some pics of where I had painted the white compared to not painted. especially on the speedo faceplate. you can also see a pic showing the before and after of the brass on the center medallion in the speedo faceplate.

here is a video of the clock in operation and the points rewinding it.

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I need a good 55 jr speedo now if anyone has one they could part with.

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