You can also buy from Nisonger Instrument Sales & Service - 570 Mamaroneck
Ave, Mamaroneck, NY 10543 (914)381-1953. They also do instrument
rebuilding. I bought a Smith's 30 amp ammeter, a voltmeter, and a quartz
clock from them for my '67 MGB. I mounted them wher the speaker used to be.
>After frying yet another generator and getting stuck with a drained battery
>in the middle of nowhere last May I want to install a voltmeter and an
>ammeter in my 1966 MGB. It won't prevent the generator from dying, but
>it'll serve as an early warning system. Of course one can also use the fact
>that the turn signals or the horn do not work anymore as indicators of a
>charging problem, but by then it's usually too late. I've put a ammeter in
>my 1974 Volvo and I have found it's very useful. It will for example
>indicate when the charging rate is lower than usual, which in my case
>proved to be a slipping belt.
>
>Does anybody know a North American supplier of Smiths voltmeters and
>ammeters? I really don't want a generic brand gauge in the MG.
>
>Dirk de Boer
>1966 MGB
>Thanks for your interest in our graduate program.
>
>Dirk de Boer
>Graduate Chair
>Department of Geography
>University of Saskatchewan
>
>
Phil Bates
58 MGA
67 MGB
75 Jaguar XJ12C
66 Land Rover
52 MG TD replicar (VW)
86 Peugeot 505 Turbo Gle
86 Honda Accord LX-i
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