oil pressure and water temp gauge?
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Jcerb said:
Hi i was wondering if anyone has one of these gauges that work that would be willing to sell to me?! Or if you know of where i could get one? Smiths gauges are very similar but have orange needles. Many Thanks!
I bought a non-working one of someone in order to get it rebuilt while mine was still in the car. It was only when it came back and I fitted it that I noticed that the dial was a slightly different colour.I have just this second pulled it out of the car (not a five minute job) because the rebuild failed. They've agreed to fix it but the hassle factor is not insignificant.
Yeah.... I did this a few years ago on my last Cerb! The capillary needs to go through the dash, through the bulkhead and into the waterpipe (or rad - can't quite remember).
The sod of it all is undoing the two nuts behind the dash which secure the unit in position. When you remover the capillary, as said above, snip it and drag it through the bulkhead through the bonnet side.
Remember to use some sealant when you refit the capillary in the bulkhead or you may allow some water ingress into the cabin!
There are two different colours of tan/ light brown! This is why there are two very slightly different colours. Good luck, easy but an hours job to do 100% (remember to make sure that the gauge is LEVEL before tightening up the securing nuts!
The sod of it all is undoing the two nuts behind the dash which secure the unit in position. When you remover the capillary, as said above, snip it and drag it through the bulkhead through the bonnet side.
Remember to use some sealant when you refit the capillary in the bulkhead or you may allow some water ingress into the cabin!
There are two different colours of tan/ light brown! This is why there are two very slightly different colours. Good luck, easy but an hours job to do 100% (remember to make sure that the gauge is LEVEL before tightening up the securing nuts!
Thanks very much guys! I haven't finished it yet luckily the dash was secured with wing nuts so not too difficult with childs hands lol. I will mission the rest tomorrow. Dial is free, just need to threat capillary through. Looks like you have to take D/S airbox off to get to water pipe so not too bad.
Evil Twin said:
think i posted in here yestarday, but the post has been deleted, oh well.
perhaps they think i am a spammer, but here to help with the original TVR / caerbont stuff
If the capillary can be replaced with an electronic reader but still hooked in to the dial gauge Id be v interested. Unless thats been done and Im way behind the curve.....perhaps they think i am a spammer, but here to help with the original TVR / caerbont stuff
ukkid35 said:
Thank you, that's really good news - direct is always best.
For the uneducated please can you explain the relationship between you and Speedy - many thanks.
CAI and Speedy are separate companies, Speedy works closely with CAI on some projects but they are completely independent individual companies with different ownersFor the uneducated please can you explain the relationship between you and Speedy - many thanks.
djstevec said:
If the capillary can be replaced with an electronic reader but still hooked in to the dial gauge Id be v interested. Unless thats been done and Im way behind the curve.....
the capilllary cannot be replaced easily are the capillary is soldered to the internals, so the gauge would have to be completely stripped down to its individual components then re-gassed and rebuilt, it would be easier to make a new gauge as it would be to replace the capliiary.at this moment it would be difficult to have the pressure gauge as mechanical (bourdon tube) and the Temp gauge with caplillary as electrical both inside the same case.
as an idea what about 2 individual electric/electronic gauges instead of the dual gauge?
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