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Smiths ammeter?

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Subject: Smiths ammeter?
From: ian@Centric.COM (Ian Macky)
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 92 16:10:48 PDT
I said:
>> Every gauge on the dash is Smiths except the ammeter, which has been
>> replaced.  So you're saying Lucas was the originally spec'd instruments?
>> Mine's an early '69, perhaps the Smiths are a holdover from the TR250?

Greg Meythaler <Greg_Meythaler@ccm.hf.intel.com> replied:
> No, your Oil, Fuel, and Temp guages should be Smiths and your Ammeter
> should be a Lucas.  That's the way my 70 TR-6 is, I'm not positive it
> holds true for the post 73 cars when they changed to the needles
> pointing up, but for our early cars that mix of instruments is the way
> they came.

Do our TR6 readers concur?  Is your car all Smiths + a Lucas ammeter?  Are
there any Smiths ammeters installed out there?  My car has eaten two Lucas
meters already...

--ian

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