gotta love this hotmail/email stuff working link to the voltmeter
http://www.breuhan.com/sunbeam/VOLTMETER.jpg
> From: prbreuhan@hotmail.com
> To: stubrennan@comcast.net; drmayf@mayfco.com
> Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2013 22:42:57 -0500
> CC: tigers@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Tigers] More Silly Refurb Questions ...
>
> I got a couple matching voltmeters sitting on my fireplace mantel...why put
in
> a non-matching retread of a gauge?Voltmeter
> sample:http://www.breuhan.com/sunbeam/VOLTMETER.jpgAnd I still have one
> refaced Jaeger matching amp
> gauge...http://www.breuhan.com/sunbeam/oldnewamps.jpg(compare the original
> Lucas gauge on the left to the redone one on the right)Recently I did some
> late style (Series 5 Alpine/Mk2 Tiger) gauge/heater panel/dash tag work for
a
> nice Norwegian fellow matching his aftermarket speedo and
> tachometer.http://www.breuhan.com/sunbeam/BirgerGauges.jpg
> Shoot me an email if interested in any details.
> Also there are several sources out there for o-rings, glass and chrome
> bezels.Paul
>
> > From: stubrennan@comcast.net
> > To: drmayf@mayfco.com
> > Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2013 21:15:47 -0500
> > CC: tigers@autox.team.net
> > Subject: Re: [Tigers] More Silly Refurb Questions ...
> >
> > Agree on the Smiths voltmeter. Except for the name, you would think it
> > belongs. IIRC, I had to paint the pointer orange to match... Or maybe
it
> > was the ammeter I painted orange. I have both, the ammeter in the usual
> > place, and the voltmeter in place of the clock. Why, yes, I am an EE.
> >
> > Stu
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jay Laifman
> > Sent: Friday, November 15, 2013 7:12 PM
> > To: drmayf
> > Cc: tigers@autox.team.net
> > Subject: Re: [Tigers] More Silly Refurb Questions ...
> >
> > Smiths offers/offered a generally similar one.
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 3:59 PM, Larry Mayfield <drmayf@mayfco.com>
wrote:
> >
> > > Ok, so now the pad is glued on. Today I removed the dash panel becaus
> eit
> > > is 49 years old and looks it. Back side is flaking off badly. Front
side
> > > is
> > > cracked and chipping badly. SO I am going to order a new one. I, just
for
> > > chuckles, surfed ebay and found 11 of them. I looked at each and every
> > > one
> > > of them and no tone was for a MK 1. So I have to find the right one
> > > somewhere. I know all the usual spots to look. But in that process,
I
> > > need to replace the gage to dash small teeny orings that go between teh
> > > bezel of the gage and the glass for the tach, speedo, fuel, oil and
water
> > > gages. If one among you has the right dash numbers and part numbers I
> will
> > > get those ordered from McMaster Carr or one who supports LBCs this
week
> > > end. Any ideas? Also, I had long long ago, installed an ammeter and
I
> > > nver liked that Idea becaus ethe juice to-ing and froing the
> > > batter/generator was going though that sire. A short could have been
bad
> > > indeed. So I have removed that but now want to install a simple volt
> > > meter.
> > > Is there a donor car somewhere that I might select one from and buy?
> > > Triumphs? MG? Jag, Something that looks kinda like it belongs... Or
even
> > > suggest sources I might look at on the web...
> > >
> > > I'd appreciate it...
> > >
> > > larry
_______________________________________________
tigers@autox.team.net
Archive: http://www.team.net/archive
Unsubscribe: http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/tigers/mharc@autox.team.net
|
