The fuel and temp gauges will slide out from the tach assembly without
removing the needle or tach face plate. Done it many times.

Mark

Stuart MacMillan wrote:
> ....  I have a tach, so taking that gauge out is
> tricky, and I broke the needle even with the advanced spoon technique
> because it was on so tight.  I was able to fix it though, but I did not want
> to do that three or four times to calibrate it.