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Our tooling is custom built, but one could use a series of thin metal blades such as a putty knife and layer them to achieve the spacing...
I don't think most speedometer shops would be interested in the unrolling and rolling of bezel for clients to service their own gauges. We don't....
You have a couple options. You can have the primary coil replaced with a 12 volt coil, but if your gauge is currently functional, most people add...
Your gauge is a V coil style AC brand magnetic gauge. There is a ground connection through the gauge to the mount plate and one through the...
Generally speaking, Stewart Warner 's quality dropped off after their buyout. In your electronic speedometer, you have two separate circuits: one...
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Hello, we have another lovely gauge set up for sale. It can be viewed here:...
Generally speaking, tachs with simple +/- wiring require a sender. Those that do not often have power, ground and coil designations. I cannot...
If you are 12 volt using a pulse type IVR, you can use rheostatic type senders. That is what Ford did post 1956. You may run into some calibration...
Your original gauges should be King Seeley bimetallic thermal gauges with points style sending units. There should be a fair amount of discussion...
Hello, we have another lovely gauge up for sale. It can be viewed here:...
Absolutely. It is advisable to use a solid state voltage drop rather than a resistor due to the same electrical principle stated above.
That is not necessarily true. An example would be this type of gauge made by Stewart Warner. Essentially, the 6 volt magnetic and early bimetallic...
The 6 volt bimetallic thermal SW temp gauge ohm range has been obsolete for many many years. Does your gauge say 6v on the insulator or case...
I often argue that the mechanical gauge is a more functional interface. With the electric gauges, you have two variables: sending unit calibration...
Hello. We have another lovely gauge set up for auction. It can be viewed here:...
Hello. We have another lovely gauge up for auction. It can be viewed here:...
There is a "speed cup lock switch", separate from the illumination circuit, used for the above stated pointer position lock. It is essentially a...
The modern Stewart Warner gauges are configured differently than the vintage gauges, particularly the 6 volt electric. The Greenline reproduction...
The gauges are King Seeley and originally operated on the points style senders. Since you are converting to 12 volt, those senders can be replaced...
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Hello, we have another lovely gauge up for auction. It can be viewed here:...
Ah, that's what I get for not looking it up. A resistor in line will not dampen the gauge movement.
In 53' you should not have an external resistor associated with the gauge. Most often, the sender is at fault due to the environment it is exposed...
They can lose continuity. Actually, several things can happen, but if the coils are intact it can likely be repaired. Also, as a note to future...
You can have your mechanical temperature gauge line rebuilt to just about any length, or go the electric route, whatever your preference is.
I assume this is in your 58 Belair. Check that you have 12v power to the IGN side post of the temperature gauge. Then take a jumper wire from the...
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So your sending unit reads 90 ohms?
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