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Title: need help locating steering wheel jewels
Post by: William-Fischer on August 16, 2012, 11:01:48 AM
My steering wheel ias in pretty good shape overall. It is not cracked or excessively faded. However it is missing one of the little silver ”jewels” that line the wheel. I have been unable to locate one. Do I have any options other than a new wheel?
Title: Re: need help locating steering wheel jewels
Post by: CharlesTurner on August 16, 2012, 01:30:40 PM
Have heard of some folks using a hole punch on a aluminum can and using them for steering wheel dots.  Probably someone that has an old wheel with some.
Title: Re: need help locating steering wheel jewels
Post by: J_Speegle on August 16, 2012, 09:56:55 PM
Know some that have used a mylar sheet and the hole punch method
Title: Re: need help locating steering wheel jewels
Post by: jwc66k on August 16, 2012, 10:02:49 PM
Have heard of some folks using a hole punch on a aluminum can and using them for steering wheel dots.  Probably someone that has an old wheel with some.
The beer can (empty of course) with a 1/4 inch conductor's punch worked for me. The trick is to have the punched disc a bit larger than the hole in the the wheel. Sometimes they show up on e-bay.
Jim
Title: Re: need help locating steering wheel jewels
Post by: 5F09CNot4Sale on August 22, 2012, 06:09:26 PM
Dallas mustang used to sell them if we are talking about 65/66 wood wheel.
Title: Re: need help locating steering wheel jewels
Post by: William-Fischer on August 23, 2012, 09:25:48 AM
Dallas mustang used to sell them if we are talking about 65/66 wood wheel.

I often check with them first since they're here in town. The only thing they had to offer was a repro wheel that had flat dots on it. Didn't really care for it. Didn't look right.