Couldn't I crimp a new end on myself?
I figure if a new one crimps on, the existing nut should be able to be pried open & off.
I figure if a new one crimps on, the existing nut should be able to be pried open & off.
Is it possible to swap out tach cable top nuts?
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Fuck it --- I solved the problem by cutting backing plates for my mini gauges out of an aluminum basting pan from the dollar store (it's all textured & groovy 
).
I made upper & lower supports for those out of scrap flat aluminum, held in place with brass screws that look very much like "Chicago screws" and... Presto-Change-O!--- the mini gauges now fit in the instrument cut-outs on the dash in place of the 3-3/8" OEM ones.
The dash already looks funkalicious with those brass screws all over it, even before I rattlecan the shitty chrome on it with some wrinkle-black VHT later on in the week.
I drilled a through-hole & side-routing channel on the fatbob tank mount for my 12mm tach cable, speedholed the shit out of it to lighten things up & to run the wiring for my gauge lights.
I just need to rig up a crossover line with a fuel shut-off valve (so I can fill up faster by doing one tank at a time without having the fuel seep across from one to the other), thoroughly clean out the tanks & run a vent line between the two.
Total investment so far: $0
).I made upper & lower supports for those out of scrap flat aluminum, held in place with brass screws that look very much like "Chicago screws" and... Presto-Change-O!--- the mini gauges now fit in the instrument cut-outs on the dash in place of the 3-3/8" OEM ones.
The dash already looks funkalicious with those brass screws all over it, even before I rattlecan the shitty chrome on it with some wrinkle-black VHT later on in the week.
I drilled a through-hole & side-routing channel on the fatbob tank mount for my 12mm tach cable, speedholed the shit out of it to lighten things up & to run the wiring for my gauge lights.
I just need to rig up a crossover line with a fuel shut-off valve (so I can fill up faster by doing one tank at a time without having the fuel seep across from one to the other), thoroughly clean out the tanks & run a vent line between the two.
Total investment so far: $0
Pics coming soon.
And, yes --- cheap, broke-ass Bastards DO rule the world.
And, yes --- cheap, broke-ass Bastards DO rule the world.
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