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Chris,
Sorry for not getting back sooner. I had computer problems and meetings all day.
The way things sound is that the gauges might be too tight for much to work, except for extricating them forcibly, thus either destroying the pod, the gauges, or both, if not taking some necessary precautions.
The way I see it is either:
1- Sell the pod with gauges, letting the buyer know the situation, and use a portion of that money for a new pod. I'll have more of those in just a few weeks.
2- Destroy the pod to save the gauges, which I'm sure are worth more than the pod. If you aren't comfortable doing that I could do it for you. Before I did that I could try to remove them first, but I can't guarantee that the gauges or the pod will survive. I'm pretty confident I could save the gauges, but I can't be responsible for them.
3- As a last resort, you can put the whole mess in the oven at 150-200 degrees for a few minutes to see if that helps. I'd be very, very cautious doing this however, as I'm not sure what that type of heat would effect the actual gauges. If the oven has a setting as low as 150 it would probably be pretty safe, but at 200 you'd want to keep a close eye on things. It would also be possible to deform the pod and/or gauge bezels, lenses and dials, etc.
So, I'm not sure what you want to do, but I'm willing to help anyway I can. If you want to send it to me, whatever, just let me know.
Regards,
Frank
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