Replacing Speedo Dial from Miles to Kilometres - Printable

My Australian MG F has a Speedo in Miles, although the Odometer is in Miles that is no problem, what is a problem is that the Speed reads Miles / Hour.
The Speedo does have a Kilometre scale as well but it is smaller and not that easy to read. I am restoring the MG F for my grandson who is about to get his license and the small Kilometre scale would not be a wise choice.
Using a photo of a Kilometre Speedo (poor quality) I used it as a template and created in Photoshop a Kilometre Dial. 
I created 2, one with Miles as the odometer label and one with no label.
The Dial needs to be printed with a width of 11cm.
I then treated the printout by spraying a coat of "clearcoat" 
To punch the holes I used a couple of hole punches plus for the small holes (included rounded edges of the odometer slot) I used the blunt end of a drill bit which I ground flat.

Warning
When inserting the Needle back into the speedo care is needed to ensure that the needle goes into the correct position (into the plastic hole)
I accidently inserted the needle to one side which damaged the wire coils. If not confident inserting the needle then the alternative is not to remove the needle but put a slit in the bottom of the new dial
and go around the needle.

Before I removed the Needle I lifted the Needle over the stop pin and let it come to rest approx. 1cm passed the stop. This is the position I put the Needle back on after.
I removed the Speedo needle by carefully lifting it from under the centre of the Needle
Before glueing onto the Speedo, I marked  the outside of the old Dial the 0 , 60 and 100km/h marks. You then use these marks to line up the new Dial.
Before reinstalling the Speedo cluster I am going to test the speed using a GPS reading (Google Maps), I am limited to where I can drive the car at the moment as the car is unregistered.

I hope this helps someone.
BTW, The MG F spent the first 6 years in Britain before coming to Australia which explains the Mile/Hour Speedo.

 

 

That looks great! Very professional.

As a matter of interest how difficult was it to remove the Perspex front cover from the cluster?
I ask as I would like to replace mine

It is very easy there are 4 tabs that need to be carefully pushed in slightly.
The Perspex and a black surround comes off. I don't think you can split it any further

Great thank you for that

I remember the perspex cover coming off quite easily when i dismantled my instrument cluster few months ago to change the bulbs and add polished metal rigs around the speedo and rev counter

It took me ages to get those chapter rings located properly & clearing the needles, particularly the water temperature. There was a lot of fitting, reassembly, stripping & starting again, to the point that having got it working properly I was taking the bloody thing to pieces again before it sunk in that it was working.
So removing the cover isn’t a problem unless you use a shovel.
M