Dave:

I just got a suggestion from Joel to use a piece of cardboard wrapped
in a paper towel - I think that may just do the trick.  This thing is
pretty brittle, so I could see it going into a million pieces of I
tried to get the glass completely out.

Cleaner wax for the plastic, eh?  I bought some plastic polish but
that hasn't done much for me except leave a bunch of residue on the
plastic.  I will try the cleaner / wax.  Thanks for the tip!

-Luke

On 3/24/06, Dave Vickery <davevickery@hotmail.com> wrote:
> The plexiglass is glued in at the top and bottom.  You would likely break it
> uncleanly if you forced it out.  How do I know?  The glue is strong enough
> that it takes some of the plastic with it when it comes out.  The one I
> forced out could have been glued back in and I don't think it would have
> been noticable.  But yours might come out worse or easier.
>
> You can clean in there some with a toothbrush type thing.  I also had great
> luck getting the black shine to come back with Macquire's Cleaner Wax.  I
> was very happy with that.
>
> Dave in Denver
>
>
> >From: Luke Sponholz <lukesponholz@GMAIL.COM>
> >Reply-To: Luke Sponholz <lukesponholz@GMAIL.COM>
> >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> >Subject: Instrument cluster cleaning
> >Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 23:40:49 -0500
> >
> >Hey everyone:
> >
> >I have taken apart my instrument cluster to fix the odometer (which I
> >have 50% confidence I may have done) and to clean it.  It came out of
> >a junkyard and filthy just doesn't describe it.  Well, cleaning it has
> >been a tiresome affair, and I just can't seem to get it completely
> >clean on the plexiglass because I can find no way to remove the
> >plexiglass.  At the edges of the plexiglass there is all sorts of gunk
> >that I just can't reach.  I can't see in my bentley any way to get the
> >plexiglass out, and I can't find a way to do it myself.  Am I correct
> >in that there is no way to do that?
> >
> >And then the next question would be ... how hard is it to get a
> >replacement cluster?  hahah!
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Luke
> >
> >--
> >1985 Brown Vanagon GL 4spd "Compost"
>
>
>

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