That should have read: 1/8" to the left of the top of the normal range.
Joe
Joe Curry wrote:
>
> Bob,
> I guess this proves that all temperature gauges (or senders) are not
> created equal. I thought I would have trouble cooling Huxley down after
> moving to the desert. But much to my surprise, the gauge sits at about
> 1/8" to the left of the Normal Range (Jaeger gauge). The only time I
> have to turn on the electric fan is when I sit in traffic for an
> extended period of time and the sun is beating down.
>
> Joe
>
> Bob Sykes wrote:
> >
> > Spitfliers,
> >
> > [ob Spit content]
> > I'd take what you read in the Haynes Manual (especially the blue one)
> > with a grain of salt. The owner's handbook states:
> >
> > "When the ignition is switched on, the pointer moves slowly across the
> > dial,
> > taking up to one minute to reach a steady reading.
> >
> > Normal operating temperature is reached when the pointer registers in
> > the
> > central sector of the dial. Should the pointer reach the highest mark,
> > stop
> > the engine immediately [...] "
> >
> > This is where my car(s) run, and have from new. Extended high speed
> > runs or
> > lots of sitting at intersections in the summer will nudge them up to the
> > third mark. We begin to sweat (literally) if the guage rises much more.
> >
> > On the few occasions that I've "boiled over" the guage pegged firmly
> > first.
> > Of course, as always YMMV
> >
> > [BW remarks]
> >
> > In addition to "me too" on the signal/noise ratio, I'd like to expand on
> > what's been said in the name of we "digest impaired". I ask that those
> > who have their mailers set to automatically quote, please trim the
> > excess
> > from the bottom of their messages. A lot of messages have only 1 or 2
> > lines of "new" content. We digesters then have to scroll through dozens
> > of lines of old stuff we've already read, regurgitated up to seven times
> > in some messages. I'm sure I miss new messages while trying to navigate
> > through the sea of "> > > > > > 's".
> >
> > Watch! :-)
> > Tom Ambrose wrote:
> > > On page 80 of the Haynes Manual, it states, "...with the engine at
> > > normal operating temperature, the temperature gauge needle will be
> > > at three quarters of the way across the dial towards HOT." [...]
> >
> > Ben Bacon wrote:
> > > > I'm a fairly new spitfire owner having purchased a 79 spit in non
>running
> > > > condition two months ago. I've been driving it for about two weeks.
>I've
> > > > noticed that the engine temperature gauge usually runs towards or at the
> > > > third tic mark (3/4 hot ).
> > > >
> > > > This seems a bit hot to me but don't know what's normal. [...]
> >
> > --
> > LBC'ing U,
> > Bob (& Spitfires)
>
> --
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> -- Dave Weinbaum in National Enquirer
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