I also prefer mechanical as they seem to be far more accurate. For one
thing you get a 270 degree swing instead of a 90 degree. Smiths also have
that cute lille water temp/ oil pressure combo that fits real well in the
spit where dash space is limited. I'm going to change my guages over to
mechanical as soon as I've got enough spare nickels. Now, in redooing the
Herald, I wish I could find a source for Jaegers. I;d like to have a full
set of instruments and am partial to keeping them Jaeger if that is
possible, but alas, I have yet to find a source for these. sigh!
Chris DeStffany
1975 Spit
1966 Herald
At 05:29 PM 12/17/98, you wrote:
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>Mark Hooper writes...
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>>.... I hope to find a
>>nice electric Smiths from a Jag. But now I am protected from having a
>>personalised oil heating system in the cabin.
>
>Mark,
>
>I've also had broken oil lines over the carpet (in my wife's suburban; that
>was not a cool move.) But I still prefer mechanical; I just like the old-
>fashioned bourdon tube gages, I guess.
>
>You can purchase a nice new gen-u-wine Smith's electric (or mechanical)
gage from
>XK's Unlimited, an authorized Smith's distributor (the only one in the US?).
>
>Price for the electrical oil pressure gage is about $34 (plus a $57.50
sender if you
>are converting and don't already have one!). Comes in black face or
"magnolia" (cream) face.
>There is a choice of bezels, chrome or black, and I think full V or semi-V
also. Replacement
>glass and bezels available, and all the little gaskets and mounting
brackets are available
>from them also. They also have the right-angle speedometer drive gearboxes
listed, that have
>been a topic of conversation here lately. They have all needed gages and
they have fuel
>level sending units for Smith's fuel gages.
>
>You can get a nice catalog from XK's unlimited by calling 800-444-5247.
>They just sent me three gages very promptly...seem to be a good source to
me, based
>on my only encounter with them.
>
>Ray
>
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>Ray W. James, P.E., Ph.D.
>Texas Transportation Institute
>Civil Engineering Department
>Texas A&M University
>College Station, TX 77843
>Phone (409)845-7436; Fax (409)845-3410
>E-mail: r-james@tamu.edu
>Date: 12/17/98 Time: 5:29:30 PM
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