My tachometer was growing a wart and yesterday it grew so badly that needle would catch on the end and not let it move. I don't know if this happened to any else and I was wondering if it did? Yeah I know that some of you are thinking this would have been a good idea to put in white face or indigo gauges, but, I thought about it and thought...nah, i like stock Anyway, took me three hours to do this last night (I also partially cleaned a couple of HVAC ducts, Meiguiared all removed panels, and adjusted a few HVAC cables) and lord have mercy if I have to ever tear into the dash again for a third time (the first time was to replace the damn gas gauge). Here's a couple photos.

1) The culprit

2) The plan (to tear all of this out).

3) In Progress


4) Hmm...looks like a car that was left in the middle of Harlem, NY with a "steal me sign"

5) The dissection begins

6) And finally the two transplanted organs...side by side.


yes i know it occurred because of heat...but did this happen to any of you also (The bubble effect)?

 

Never seen anything like that! It's kinda freaky!

 

yup mine looks kinda like that now...but not big enough to stop the needle

 

I had a Pontiac Fiero that did that...
The tach would get stuck on the bubble but eventually push past and surge upward incredibly rapidly... It was really quite fun to watch, though it rendered the tach worthless.

 

heyyyyyy where have u been i been looking for u, cell phone holder that is where u get it? saw one on ebay but was outbid lol

 

That "cell phone" holder is actually two items:

1) A vehicle specific pro-fit mount from pro-fit international, bought that off a dealer from another board (toyota that is)
2) A Motorola cradle kit part # SYN0301A (includes the cradle, mounting hardware to the back of the pro-fit mount, and data cable to connect to a hand's free kit that's like $200 and was not going to buy)