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Subject:Re: Instrument cluster lenses
From:Per Lindgren
Date:Thu, 27 Jan 2000 23:07:20 +0100

Brent,

If you find a nice one in a junkyard, you can remove the instruments from your
cluster and set them up in the replacement cluster. That way you'll keep your
mileage. They mount with a number of screws on the rear side.

PerL
87 Syncro 112i

BRENT CHRISTENSEN wrote:

> Is it possible to replace just the clear lens that covers the instrument
> cluster in a late-model Westy?  Mine is getting pretty scratched up, and I
> am reminded of it every night when driving home...
>
> It seems to be fused to the rest of the cluster, but I can't tell if that
> isn't just a hardened layer of crud trapped in there.  (While probing it
> with an exacto blade, I actually removed a perfect trimming from a previous
> driver's finger nail, along with some other tid bits...)
>
> Brent Christensen
> '89 GL Syncro Westy
> Santa Barbara, CA