I hope this is helpful post for all of you pre 1972 FJ40 owners. I looked all around for this on mud and did not see anything about it.
Have you every looked at your cluster and wondered "where the needle for my oil pressure gauge" or is your fuel gauge always at 1/4 tank even when the key is off? Have you looked inside the little hole on the front of the gauge and thought "maybe if I stick a screwdriver in there I can bend something to get the needle where it should be" only to hate yourself a few minutes later (ask me how I know.)
There is a way to adjust the needles. If you pull the cluster and remove the gauge from the housing, on the back of the gauge there is a small hole with a few teeth at the top, those teeth can be moved back and forth to set the resting position of the needle higher or lower on the gauge. I am not sure if this qualifiers as an adjustment or calibration but it is nice to have all of your gauges start from the same position each morning when you start your 40 up.
I removed the gauge face on this gauge to show how the gauge mechanism swings on the upper rivet.
Put a screw driver into the lower hole and push the teeth to the left or right to get the needle to the resting position that you want.
Once you are done you can rest assured that your gauges still won't work all that well but at least they look pretty in the pictures.
Jack
Have you every looked at your cluster and wondered "where the needle for my oil pressure gauge" or is your fuel gauge always at 1/4 tank even when the key is off? Have you looked inside the little hole on the front of the gauge and thought "maybe if I stick a screwdriver in there I can bend something to get the needle where it should be" only to hate yourself a few minutes later (ask me how I know.)
There is a way to adjust the needles. If you pull the cluster and remove the gauge from the housing, on the back of the gauge there is a small hole with a few teeth at the top, those teeth can be moved back and forth to set the resting position of the needle higher or lower on the gauge. I am not sure if this qualifiers as an adjustment or calibration but it is nice to have all of your gauges start from the same position each morning when you start your 40 up.
I removed the gauge face on this gauge to show how the gauge mechanism swings on the upper rivet.
Put a screw driver into the lower hole and push the teeth to the left or right to get the needle to the resting position that you want.
Once you are done you can rest assured that your gauges still won't work all that well but at least they look pretty in the pictures.
Jack
