[Nobbc] Suggestions, please

[Norman S. Weinfeld]

Hi Greg. Sorry to hear about Nysonger. They did a good and speedy job on all
my gauges. It wasn't a refacing or anything, but just a general cleaning and
rebuilding. Not cheap though. You're presumably referring to Palo Alto
Speedo on the Peninsula? (And by the way, are we worried about lawsuits or
something in re naming names? I sure hope not...) I was thinking of taking
my quartz conversion Imperial clock to them. But speaking of clocks, one
Mike Eck (http://www.jaguarclock.com/) did my Jaguar clock to somehow retain
the original, admittedly less-than-stellar time-keeping capabilities, but
also THAT WONDERFUL TICKING! I would recommend his process (which
incorporates an integrated circuit but retains all the original guts as
well) which he does I believe on any Smiths clock and perhaps others as
well. I would be interested in where you end up and how you fare.
Norm Weinfeld
San Francisco
'55 XK140 DHC

On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 6:17 PM, Walter & Gwen Kilchherr <
wkilch at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> Hi Greg,
> There is a thread on the BCF regarding doing it your self. I think a coo
> koo clock repair man might be able to handle it. Here is the url
>
> http://www.britishcarforum.com/bcforum/ubbthreads.php/topics/595894/1
>
> Sunday sure was fun. Nice to get to know some people better.
>
> Walter
>
> --- On Mon, 8/24/09, Greg Tatarian <gtwincams at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > From: Greg Tatarian <gtwincams at gmail.com>
> > Subject: [Nobbc] Suggestions, please
> > To: "North Bay British Car Club" <nobbc at autox.team.net>
> > Date: Monday, August 24, 2009, 1:34 PM
> > Hello Members,
> >
> > I think this subject has come up before, but I'm looking
> > for a good shop to rebuild a Smiths dual temp/oil gauge.
> > Nxxxxxxx'x in NY was a dead end - they gave me a bit of a
> > brush off when I told them I just needed the capillary tube
> > replaced and didn't want the entire gauge brought up to
> > concours standards. The shop I won't name in the Peninsula
> > took a very long to repair a gauge for me some years back
> > and the repair didn't last. Has anyone used the few other
> > shops that do this work, and can they please share their
> > opinions? Andy - did you have all of your MGA gauges
> > rebuilt, or are they new?
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Greg Tatarian
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