Cleaning the Stewart - Warner Amperes Gauge

[rbarkley]

I am cleaning up and painting the under-dash Stewart-Warner instrument cluster and was wondering if you can clean the inside of the amperes gauge glass?
I removed all the nuts on the back side, but see no way of getting to the glass.   Can you remove the chrome ring rim without breaking the glass or aluminum casing?

Thanks
Ron

[Bob Gaines]

I am cleaning up and painting the under-dash Stewart-Warner instrument cluster and was wondering if you can clean the inside of the amperes gauge glass?
I removed all the nuts on the back side, but see no way of getting to the glass.   Can you remove the chrome ring rim without breaking the glass or aluminum casing?

Thanks
Ron

The short version is that you have to peel back the backside edge of the chrome ring to take it off to clean the face, glass, and or change a damaged trim ring. It is tedious work. I made a fixture to sit the gauge into while I carefully peeled/bent back the backside edge.

[rbarkley]

Thanks Bob!  That sounds like a lot of work.  I will clean them the best that I can and leave it at that!