Gauge swapage....any advice appreciated!!!

[sr79labrat]

Maybe you guys can help me....

My bike has a different issue currently. I had lost the keys like an idiot. I ordered the full set via ebay as well. It was off of a wrecked bike, and once I tossed it in it worked at first that night. Tried starting it 3-4 times and sounded good. Reved up ok and had no issues whatsoever. So at first I thought I had a battery-charging issue once I headed to work the next day. Bike started out great, but seemed to stall out. I was thinking I had this same issue with a bad battery, or alternator. So I decided to not leave it at work and brought it back to the house last night via tow. So today I pulled everything apart and looked at it. My first suspect was the gauges...they were pretty nasty and corroded as mentioned in this post. That was on the circuit board and motor looking portion-servo for the tach. I sprayed them down with carb cleaner and wiped them off with a paper towel. Plugged them in after drying off and it fires right up. I never had cranking like the video in this post. My issue is now how to swap the servo/ digital read out/ face of the gauges. hmmm Anyone ever do this? I dont know how to pull the needles or the little prongs on the back. Right now Im guessing its a chop and soldier plan???

THanks and hoping to help out also!
Kyle