[drolston]

Rebuilt the cluster in my '41 in 2014 to clean and improve illumination. The early model year '41s had red needles which are very hard to see against the dark gold background, except in direct sunlight. The dash lights do not help much, even on full bright, even at night; I took the dimmer out of the circuit. I keep a flashlight handy.

Painting the inside of the housing white helped a little. I painted the faded needles red; should have painted them all white. I guess that is why they switched to white needles later in the '41 model year.

The lettering on the inside of the glass was flaking off, making cleaning the surface impossible. If anyone needs the name of the guy that does silk screen replacements for the '41 cluster, let me know and I will dig it out. It was a nice piece of work.

I removed and replaced my cluster with the instruments installed. It takes some maneuvering, but it can be done.