[TR] guage mounting rings

[John Macartney]

I'm aware of that arrangement, Randall - but making an alternative isn't
difficult. Helped someone do it about two weeks back on a '73 Toledo that
called itself a Dolomite
 
Jonmac

________________________________
 From:
Randall <tr3driver at ca.rr.com>
To: triumphs at autox.team.net 
Sent: Thursday, 21
June 2012, 22:45
Subject: Re: [TR] guage mounting rings


>> Really easy to
make your own using
>> lightweight drilled strip metal.
>
>Might not be quite
as simple as it seems, though.  The ones used for the
>speedo and tach have a
sort of cantilever arrangement, so the mounting studs
>are not on a centerline
as you might expect.  Instead, one side of the
>bracket has a finger (for lack
of a better term) that contacts the
>instrument case, and the legs that
contact the back of the dash stick out
>the other way.  That way the cable can
attach in the center without
>interfering with the bracket.
>
>-- Randall 
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