Neil,
I think (ha!) that the innards of your combination gauge may be the same
as those in a TF. Last I new, Skip Kelsey had a few of those gauges. Might be
worth giving him a post (<kelsey@value.net>) and check with him. Good luck.
Bud Krueger
52TD
77MGB
Neil Cotty wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Started to fix a few minor things on the A over last weekend, also *finally*
> located the cause of my inconsistent idle - butterfly on front carb is not
> closing, so it will have to come off for a check. MPITA, so I will wait a
> while as she's driving pretty nicely at the moment.
>
> To the temp guage - the day my A overheated, the temp guage crapped out -
> due to the heater wire coming loose and bonding itself to the sender cable,
> it seems to have somehow fried the guage. This is a dual oil pressure/water
> temp guage and the oil pressure still works but the water temp does not.
>
> Can some one give me some advice on what to do here, is the guage toast or
> is it possible to repair - if so, what would be the problem, what has all
> those amps done to it?
>
> My heater now works, but appears to be useless until after about 1/2 hour,
> even then it's useless over 50mph! Oh well... :)
>
> Cheers,
> Neil.
> --
> Neil Cotty - Sydney, Australia
> 1970 MG B GT / 1961 MG A 1600 Mk1 / 1956 AH 100 BN2
> GHD5UA200702G / YGHN2 100102-1399 / BN2L-232789
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