Is it possible to swap out the speedometer needle? The one I got at the JY is discolored and would like to swap it out with my old one. Is is pressed on or glued in place?

 

iirc it's pressed but i THINK it's just needle-on-pin, ie, no way to line it up accurately without alot of trial-and-error. if your car is a manual it will be alot easier to calibrate it (since rpm/speed are matched directly, unlike the wishy-washy nature of the torque converter on an automatic)

 

does your old motor+needle combo work? it might be easier to just undo the 2 or 3 screw that hold the motor in and swap out motors and gauge faces.

 

The old needle either sat at zero or pegged out above 125. It looks like the motor is soldered in place (with four pins), so I might just remelt the solder joints on the board and see if it fixes the old speedo.

EDIT: I butchered up an old Stanza speedo tonight (similar cluster) and found the following:

1) The needle is pressed on to the pin-like shaft. I successfully removed it and installed it ONCE.

2) The pin can pull out of the motor. There are tiny serrations on the pin that go into the motor....I don't know if these mate inside the motor with anything or not. Once I pulled the pin out of the motor, the speedo was toast. I could reinsert the pin and speedo needle, but all fluid motion of the speedo needle was gone. You cannot pull the center cap off of the needle either, it appears to be plastic welded in place.

3) Calibration does not seem to be a problem. The motor has limited rotation (approx 300 degrees), so I assume that you set the needle at zero when the motor is at its full CCW stop.

4) All solder joints can be accessed from the back of the board if you want to try and resolder them. There are a few surface mount caps and resistors back there, so be careful when you solder.