[Healeys] Gauges and Morris

I Erbs eyera3000 at gmail.com
Wed Jun 17 14:31:51 MDT 2015


OK,
I think it said 68 ohms at half full.
I'll look for 90 Ohm resisters too.

Ira Erbs
Portland, OR
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On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 12:52 PM, Bluehealey <bluehealey at gmail.com> wrote:

> If you are referring to the MGA guru links that describe re calibrating
> then take note.  The MGA uses a Jaeger gauge and sender rated at 68ohms on
> full tank.  The Smiths gauges should be calibrated to 90ohms at full.  If
> the sender is a repro measure the maximum resistance before starting down
> the route of building a rig.
>
> My repro from Ahead 4 Healeys reads 107ohms at max!
>
> Best.
>
> Alan - from my iPad
>
> On 17 Jun 2015, at 20:44, I Erbs <eyera3000 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> new wire harness. As I said the borrowed gauge worked fine. I have spoken
> to him and he is willing to recheck it. I saw the link to the testing and
> have put some 68 Ohm resistors in my bag to try and do that before I send
> it back. I think we have all had mixed results with most vendors and there
> are some we would never use again, while others offer high praise.
>
> Ira Erbs
> Portland, OR
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>      (______ \____1959 BN4____/ _______)
>          (_________________________)
>
> On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 11:58 AM, Steve Gerow <steveg at abrazosdata.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Several friends and I have had gauges satisfactorily done by Morris and I
>> can see how his personality might occasionally be an issue, but definitely
>> not a con man. Recently the Austin Healey Association of Southern
>> California had a tech session at a member’s house and Morris addressed
>> around 20 interested guys for an hour on how he calibrates the speedometers
>> and what the factors are.
>>
>>
>>
>> Now I had a different impression of his late ex-wife, who ran MoMa in
>> Albuquerque. Maybe the work Curt had done involved her.
>>
>>
>>
>> Ira – have you made sure you grounded everything properly? Maybe you want
>> to make a bench-test rig where you move the sender arm and the gauge moves.
>> I troubleshot mine years ago by running a test wire from the sender over
>> the seats directly to the back of the gauge.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> >>>
>>
>>
>> Con man?
>> Kees Oudesluijs
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>>
>>
>> Steve Gerow
>>
>> Altadena, CA, USA
>>
>> BN6 – 29D w 4whl disc brakes
>>
>> Check out my galleries:
>>
>> http://www.pbase.com/stevegerow/
>>
>>
>>
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