[Nobbc] Suggestions, please

[wendell bain]

Hi Mike, Greg, Andy, et all,

My experience with these repair services is as follows:

I had the Morgan's speedo repaired at Palo Alto Speedometer. After three
tries and $180. they couldn't get it right. I give them credit for  
trying everything
including a new cable. I don't know about divine intervention, but  
after about
six months the thing started working fine except it reads about five mph
fast and at a stop it still reads 5 mph. I guess it's really not  
fixed but at
least it doesn't have a 35 mph wave in the needle anymore.

My Morgan has a TR-3 engine. Factory manual states this engine's oil
pressure should read 70 psi @ 3000 rpm warm, so it would seem once
Mike adjusted his oil pressure where it should be all is right with
the world... Or at least the guage.

All of your suggestions are very helpful. Thanks very much.

Wendell
59 Morgan +4

On Aug 25, 2009, at 11:09 AM, Mike Gianandrea wrote:

> Hi Greg,
>
> I had my oil pressure gauge for my TR4 repaired at West Valley  
> Instruments in Reseda, suggested to me by Moss Motors. He did it  
> overnight for me, charged me $93.75 plus tax and freight.. It  
> worked for two days, but my newly rebuilt motor was putting a  
> consistant 100 PSI, when it should have been putting out about 60  
> PSI. Consequently, the gauge started leaking again. I adjusted the  
> oil pressure down to 60-70 PSI, and re-repaired the gauge myself,  
> and it has been working fine since. The gentleman's name is Morris,  
> Tel 818-758-9500. I can't blame the failure of my gauge on him,  
> with my oil pressure as high as it was, and he is referred by Moss,  
> so who knows. You could check with Moss as to any complaints, and  
> ask Morris about a warranty.
>
> Michael
> 64 TR4
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Tatarian"  
> <gtwincams at gmail.com>
> To: "North Bay British Car Club" <nobbc at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 1:34 PM
> Subject: [Nobbc] Suggestions, please
>
>
>> 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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