speedo light wire broken off

Was wondering if there's a way to get inside the speedo I have so I can run a new wire to see the thing at night. I know these things are made so you can't tamper with them, but I'm thinking there must be some way to get around that. Any ideas short of buying a new speedo? Here's a couple of pictures of it.

Sure just use this "Getting into speedo tool"

Well, I guess that answers my question.

Find a speedo shop the repairs vintage speedometer's there is some of the old timers and a tool that can roll off that crimp and roll it back on.Insterment sales and service in Portland ore' did all of mine when i had my repair shop.

olbILL

I'll get in touch with instrument sales & service in Portland. Thanks Olbill. HRK, the speedo has a light inside. The wire is missing.

Did you pull the little rubber plug out and have a look???...might be able to solder a new wire to the light socket...

No. Good idea, thanks.

Just took it off and the mini LED bulb came out with it. Removed the connectors and got the stubs of the old wires off and crimped/soldered new wires on. Pulled the new wires and connectors throught the plug and walla!

Just have to get some shrink wrap and run the wires to power source and ground. Hey now !

I still prefer my special speedo tool for the job.

That special tool does work very well for many applications . But this time I resorted to a little finesse thanks to Lucifer's idea.

More than one way to skin a cat!

The wire looked broken off flush with the plug...I wasn't sure if you had enough wire to splice...

It was actually two wires. It works now, but I am disappointed with the way it lights up. It was dark out when I finished all the routing last night. Turned off all the lights and hit the switch and I can barely see the readout on the speedo. Very dim. But it is serviceable.
Probably not a very well designed speedo. I'm thinking the teeny LED bulb was an afterthought.

Yeah......not very bright ....a buddy has the same type on his '56 K....Is it an LED or a lil peanut incandesant bulb??

I believe it's an LED. Doesn't screw in - it slides into the rubber socket between two connectors. I'd consider an upgrade but don't know which way to go. Would have to be a "mini" speedo, 1:1 ratio, that lights up really well at night.