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[dklawson]

It's always nice to see pictures of your car Terry.

For the record for those wanting to do what Terry did, those welded nuts on the bulkhead aren't really 10-32 (10 UNF). They should be 2BA threads which is extremely close to 10 UNF. I believe if you chase the threads in the bulkhead using a 10 UNF tap, you will be able to use either a 10 UNF bolt OR a 2BA bolt.

[Spitz]

11.92.00.00 Speedo Blanking Plate, alloy from M-Machine. These are still listed on there website.
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You will have to Keyhole the plate so that the Speedo Cable can pass through. I used longer 10/32" machine screws to hold the Speedo Pod in place from the inside and then used Thumb Nuts to hold the plate. I also used 1/4" X1" foam tape on the back of the plate to seal it to the Bulkhead. Actually made a large difference in the level of noise inside the cabin.

So your pod is also screwed to this plate?
oh yeah...partsguy, can you send my money please.

[Teapot]

That is actually cleaner than my workstation

[finch661]

cheers for the help. i had a look for the screw holes, and cant really find ones that will line up with the pod. there are the four screw holes used for the blanking plate (which has been removed. do the speedo housing line up with the top ones?



thats my mini so far, the white stuff is kurust (found some rust )
if someone would like to indicate where the pod should go, that would be great!

Edited by finch661, 17 July 2009 - 03:10 PM.

[Ubertech_s]

That is actually cleaner than my workstation

wow - that is tidy; is that the proprietary blanking plate from Minimachine, or did you fabricate it? If so what grade steel/alu?
 
Also did you dumdum gum the seal?
 
I need to stop choking on the fumes and my pod is on some plastic console that will never seal...apparently very vogue in the 80s

***edit - lol, ive just seen how old this post is, so if you are still about, Teapot, then I am still interested, but I wont hold my breath on this one ***

Edited by Ubertech_s, 04 June 2014 - 03:51 PM.

[dklawson]

I always like to see that people have searched for threads related to a topic of interest to them and then resurrect an old thread.

 

In this case, I believe Teapot has not posted in the tech section for a while.  You may want to send him/her a PM and include a link to this old thread so they know you are waiting on a response.

[maccers]

I ended up making a plate from some ali that I got hold of. I used sealant in between the bolts holding it in place, then put some soundproof on the inside of the cab, then as my origial post stated I fitted a full dash. It did stop the fumes and reduced the noise. Hopefully its still doing well in Thailand which is where the pickup in question back when I had it in 2009 went in the end