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Subject:Re: Instrument cluster lenses
From:BRENT CHRISTENSEN
Date:Thu, 27 Jan 2000 14:13:40 -0800

Per,

When you say "they" mount from the rear with screws, are you referring to
the face and lens assembly?  Also, with 201,610 miles, maybe I'd be better
off with someone else's miles...   (Wish it were that easy to turn back the
clock...)  :-)

Brent Christensen
'89 GL Syncro Westy
Santa Barbara, CA

-----Original Message-----
From: Per Lindgren [mailto:lindgre@ONLINE.NO]
Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2000 2:07 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Instrument cluster lenses

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