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Gauge Renovation
Created on 2002-10-20 00:00:00
Not much else to do, so I'm starting work on the dash. The only gauge I hadn't renovated was the dual coolant temperature & oil pressure gauge because you have to disconnect the oil and water lines to draw the back of the gauge off. Now that the dash is out of the car though, it was easy. Three small screws each hold the separate gauge mechanisms to the side of the housing. I can then be very carefully drawn away. Then I masked off the housing and painted the inside high gloss white, like I had done to the rest of my gauges. After this treatment the night visibility of the gauges is way better (ie readable). I discarded the translucent blue filter ring for the same reason, since the blue can be easily reproduced by painting the instrument bulbs. After assembly, I calibrated the temperature readings - click on the pictures for details.
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Pretty bad picture, but you can see the two notches #1 and #2 where the small "hook" from the faceplate can go. Obviously changing the orientation of the faceplate will affect the readings so its pretty important to get it lined up properly. I couldn't
Fluke temperature probe and MG temp sender suspended in heated water for calibration. The hardest part was getting a steady temperature with the stove. Not suprisingly, the gauge wasn't terribly accurate along its entire scale (that is, the error was not
Pretty bad picture, but you can see the two notches #1 and #2 where the small "hook" from the faceplate can go. Obviously changing the orientation of the faceplate will affect the readings so its pretty important to get it lined up properly. I couldn't
Fluke temperature probe and MG temp sender suspended in heated water for calibration. The hardest part was getting a steady temperature with the stove. Not suprisingly, the gauge wasn't terribly accurate along its entire scale (that is, the error was not
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Summary of Previous Journal Entries
Showing previous 10 journal entries:
| Title | Date | #Pic | #Cmt | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Autumn Cleaning | 2002-09-24 | I'm cleaning the cobwebs out of all the corners of this web site, and converting all the pages to my new snazzy format. The end results is, I'm getting rid of a lot of bad links,... | ||
| Halfway Point!! | 2002-09-03 | 5 | Spent Labour Day finishing up the teardown, disconnected the steering column, then removed the whole front and rear suspensions from the tub and hit them with a pressure washer to... | |
| Update V | 2002-07-28 | Just got off the phone with my engine rebuilder. The engine is apart now and down at the machine shop, how exciting! No cylinder gouges. It has never been overbored, amazing. ... | ||
| Update IV | 2002-07-13 | 10 | This is my third trip down to the shop of Joe Aros' "VIP Auto Restorations" to finish the teardown, and now the car really is a rolling shell. I got a new digital camera, so the ... | |
| Update III | 2002-06-01 | 1 | Got up early today and finished off the last few things, removed the remaining rear wiring harness, the driveshaft (always a greasy job), speedo cable, starter and O/D wiring. Fi... | |
| Update II | 2002-05-18 | 5 | The good weather held out for one day, significant progress was made. Not far to go now! | |
| Update I | 2002-05-11 | 8 | Spent a few hours tearing the car down this weekend, here's how things stand now. | |
| On Your Mark, Get Set... | 2002-04-29 | The wheels of restoration have once again been set in motion, tonight I start taking the B apart. I have a spot reserved at the end of May with my new bodywork specialist, and af... | ||
| Hibernation | 2002-01-16 | Well, I fixed most of the leaks by using some silicone RTV to help the lower windshield seals seal properly. I'm just using the B for short errand trips right now, the valvetrain... | ||
| Drip Drip Drip | 2001-12-01 | OK, for all of you that have been emailing me wondering when I'm going to update the web site, here it is. The reason that I haven't been doing much work on the car is because I ... |
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