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Re: ? pressure gauge

To: "Paul Dorsey" <dorpaul@negia.net>,
Subject: Re: ? pressure gauge
From: "Kurtis" <tr4driver@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 20:51:11 -0600
> Hi,
> I work at the local Habitat for Humanity Thrift Store.  We were donated a
> (science?) gauge which measures pressure in mm of hg.  By blowing on the 
> tube
> with my mouth, I can get the gauge to read almost 100, however, it's scale
> goes to 600 mm of hg.  This instrument looks useful, but, is oil pressure
> measured with the same type gauge/scale?  Would it be useful elsewhere on 
> our
> cars?  Or in our workshops?
>
> Thanks,
> 60 TR3

Paul,

600 mm Hg is a little less than 12 psi in my conversion math is right.  I 
would have thought you could blow the full 600 mm Hg on the gauge. :)

Kurtis Jones
Russellville, Arkansas
1963 TR4 - CT19389L
1959 AH Bugeye - AN5L23250
www.geocities.com/tr4_1963




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