james; the bulbs will most often have a small # stamped in the base metal .
this can usally be identified and translated. try to find a jobber with a
wagner light catalog. it shows almost every car and has good crossover
tables. buy Osram bulbs if you can find them. these german bulbs will make
yor brit masterpiece smell faintly of saurkraut though......;-)
don boyd
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> From: JAMES_S_WALLACE@HP-Canada-om1.om.hp.com
> To: peterz@merak.com; triumphs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Cleaning gauges
> Date: Tuesday, July 21, 1998 6:31 AM
>
>
> Peter,
>
> I just cleaned the six gauges in my TR3. I don't know if they're the same
as on
> the 6 but I bet they're similar. In my case I'm disassembling the whole
car so
> the comparison isn't so direct, but what I can tell you is that they were
all
> equally dusty inside, and all look like a million bucks now. In addition
to the
> glass needing cleaning, one of the needles (ammeter?) was beginning to
show a
> bit of rust. I applied white-out and it looks fine. On my car, the gauges
don't
> receive bulbs for illumination; rather, they have a translucent ring
through
> which the light shines from the bulb mounted nearby in the back of the
> dashboard. These rings all needed cleaning too.
> The chrome ring holding the glass in is removed the same way on the small
ones
> as on the speedo and tach, with a slight turn and a pull, however I'd
recommend
> removing the gauges from the car where practical because it may take a
fair bit
> of elbow grease to get them off and it's handy to be able to turn them
over for
> more leverage etc. In some cases I also bent the three tabs out a bit to
make
> the rings easier to rotate. The rubber tends to get soft and turn into
something
> more like caulking - it really holds on.
>
> On Saturday I returned to the box (which was sitting opened on the
basement
> floor) where the new-looking gauges were awaiting reinstallation into the
> newly-wrinkle-painted dash, only to discover that the cats had found
another use
> for said box. I was rather disappointed in their lack of toilet training,
and
> did even go so far as to mention it to their owner, very politely of
course.
>
> My big problem now is finding replacement light bulbs for dash
illumination.
> They are a screw-in style, 12v, 2.2 w bulb. Do you know of a source? The
> Canadian Tire guy insisted on asking me what model of car my sample was
from ,
> and when I told him Triumph, he asked if that was a Ford. Once again I
asked
> myself why I subject myself to such abuse, over and over.....
>
> Regards,
> Jim Wallace, Ottawa
> '60 TR3a
> TS81417
>
> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>
> From: Peter Zaborski <peterz@merak.com>
> Subject: tr6 gauges
>
> "... Although they looked nice in the daylight, it was only in the
> darkness that I realized what a huge difference the clean glass has made.
> The tach and speedo look just great illuminated by the normal gauge
lighting
> (something often lamented by many owners as being totally inadequate - I
say
> not true, with clean gauges the lighting is great!).
>
> Of course now the illumination of the other gauges sucks big time when
> compared to the freshly cleaned speedo and tach. I am therefore very
tempted
> to do the same with the smaller gauges. Of course they are going to be
> somewhat harder to remove. What I'm looking for are tips from those who
have
> removed the smaller gauges on a TR6 on how to make this task easier. I
need
> only to remove the glass and trim ring so I probably won't need to
> disconnect the leads (or oil line). I don't want to dismantle any more
than
> I need to.
>
> Any insights appreciated greatly!
>
> - --- Peter Zaborski CF58310UO Calgary,Canada ---
>
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