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Re: [TR] Source for rebuilding gauges (TR6 ammeter)

To: terryrs@comcast.net
Subject: Re: [TR] Source for rebuilding gauges (TR6 ammeter)
From: Joe Burlein <supertr6@earthlink.net>
Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 19:37:42 -0400
Wow, when was this?  I used them last about a 10 years ago and they had 
fantastic customer service.  Did they change hands?!

terryrs@comcast.net wrote:
>> I'm replacing my wood dash and the ammeter on my '69 TR6 came out more in
>> pieces than as a whole, is there a source for rebuilding gauges?
>> B  if not, has anyone used other gauges (VDO?) with success?
>>     
>
> I just retrofitted my TR3A to all Sunpro guages for the oil, temp, volt, and
> fuel.B  The fuel and temp required Sunpro sending units.B  Not a problem.B 
> All this for a fraction of the cost of rebuilding guages.B 
>
>
>
> Lastly, I will not refrain from my issue with Mo-Ma.B  They charged $700 to
> rebuild my guages, and sent me back a product that was probably fine inside
> (although the fuel guage stopped working and the speedometer reads bad), but
> they never bothered to even paint the needles that had turned ellow and were
> bent.B  I might have forgiven them if they hadn't held my guages for weeks
> beyond their estimate because they had, and I quote the essence of what they
> said,"better customers who used them more often."B  They meant concourse
> people who didn't drive their cars.
>
>
>
> When I say this, I always add that I rebuilt this car from the basic bolts up,
> and have nothing but awed praise for TRF, Moss, and Gilander.B  I'm not hard
> to please at all, but I'm not a foolB either.
>
>
>
> Terry Smith, '59 TR3A
>
> New Hampshire
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