Speedo face rapair

[Jimustanguitar]

The paper? face of my speedo has a crack in it that is curling up. It almost looks like the needle is going to snag it and get pulled beneath the face.

If I disassemble the cluster, will I be able to glue or tape it back down, or is it new speedo module time?

Has this happened to anybody else?

[h2olawyer]

Sounds like you have someone's 'custom' gauge face.  The OEM faces are painted / silkscreened to the plastic.  At least the four gauge sets I've had were all like that.

H₂O

[Jimustanguitar]

I could see it being a sheet of plastic... It is not like a paint layer coming up, it is the face. I can see light through it from behind, not another gauge face.

I'll take it apart when I get home and find out for sure.

[QBS]

For while, there was a lot of activity here regarding custom speedo faces.  A Form Search should real more.

[Rick G]

I have copies of Humber's custom faces, with my own improvements. His were on a single sided sticky back plastic coated paper , that you applies to a clear,  thin plastic that you had to cut out to match the old face.
Mine use double sided plastic with no sticky. I cut them to fit and installed them in no time . you can remove the speedo needle if your careful, but leave the tach needle alone. You will either destroy the needle or pull the shaft out . In either case you will need a new tach. I cut a slot in the face and slid it over the shaft , its hardly visible.
The face's I have are "flaming stator" I also have a black on white and  mountains.

[YellowJacket!]

I could see it being a sheet of plastic... It is not like a paint layer coming up, it is the face. I can see light through it from behind, not another gauge face.

I'll take it apart when I get home and find out for sure.

It may be possible, but not likely that you got one of the two that I made based on the discussion here on the boards several years ago.  I sanded off the original face down to the plastic and glued on new gauge faceplated that were printed on high quality photo paper.  If there is a small cut going straight down from the needle to the bottom of the gauge, then it is similar to one of the ones I made.  AFIK, the ones I made are still being used by the guys that I sent them to.

David