Ken,
I had the same problem with my oil gauge. I tried taking apart and
re-attaching the feed line several times with no luck. I ended up removing
the gauge and, with the engine running, press my thumb over the end and sort
of "pump" it a bit. It seemed to remove some sort of little vacuum by doing
this and oil came squirting out. I re-attached the gauge and it has worked
ever since.
Congrats!
Dave Moag
62 TR3B
77 Spitfire
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-triumphs@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-triumphs@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Ken Gano
> Sent: Sunday, September 26, 1999 11:27 AM
> To: triumphs@autox.team.net; RThomp1881@aol.com; Rick Nekola;
> Mhphoto@Pacbell.Net; Kim A. Groves; John I Timmons; Jimmy Dalton; Jim
> Carlet; Gary F. Pfister; Bob Burger; Brad Kahler; Dave Massey;
> DANMAS@aol. Com
> Subject: Life after death
>
>
>
> For the first time in over 25 years, TS57756L has come to life. With many
> thanks to Dave Massey, Brad Kahler and Dan Master (via this wonderful
> group!) After a full week-end of "fiddling" the engine fired and
> ran on it's
> own power. (Yahoo, Yahoo!) There appears to be something wrong
> with the oil
> pressure gauge as there is oil in all the right places, except no
> reading on
> the gauge. It want to run up on the idle pretty quickly, so between the
> lack of pressure on the gauge and a racing idle, I shut it down with the
> first 10 seconds, but it did run!!!!
>
> Even my ever tolerant wife was getting anxious.
>
> I am firmly convinced that without this group I would have given up hope
> long ago. Many, many thanks to everyone.
>
> Ken Gano
>
> Now to start tightening leaks!
>
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