I think that my fuel "fague" is fairly accurate. If it reads "empty", I
know that my fuse is acting up. If it reads "full" I know that there is
a short in the wiring. If it reads "accurately" I know that the fuse is
working and I may have some gasoline in the tank. This is all good for
me,. For 20 or so years I measured gas in the tank with a stick. If I
had less than about two inches I was about to run out of gas, if less
than four inches I could make it to the next station, more than that, I
was in great shape. So why was I worried about the intensity of the
bulbs? I'm not really sure. But I have had the TR3A for twenty seven
years and have only run out of gasoline once - something must have been
working.
Tom
61 TR3A
62 TR4
John Macartney wrote:
>
> Chip Krout wrote:
> I have to remind us all of the inherent "Triumph needle flutter" which still
> makes visual intrepretation a bit of a mystery......it's just that now I get
> to see the left & right swing of the needle better...
>
> Steve Newell wrote:
> A dim light also reduces my wife's awareness of things like speed -- a
> good thing as she tends to comment when I go "too fast" AND "too slow."
> In the TR4, with wind in her hair at night, how will she know if I'm cruising
> at 30 in a 35 -- or 80 in a 65*. <g>
>
> Which are surely some of the charms of LBC ownership? We live today in a far
>too specific
> world. We demand total accuracy. Nothing less than perfection will suffice.
> When it comes to owning and driving any LBC worth its salt that's 30 plus
>years old, a
> vague approximation of what is going on at any given time is as much as we
>should
> reasonably aspire to or expect. In my case, I have an approximately running
>engine -
> sometimes its all six, more usually five, on odd occasions it drops to four.
>But that's
> not new - it was an i'erent fault in 1970 as well so why should I worry?
>
> Jonmac
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