Aha! You have uncovered one of the secrets of the Austin Healey Club of San
Diego :-)
He can refill your temp bulb with ether, repair or replace the tube that you
cut to get that darned sensor out of the head/radiator. I hear he does
speedos, too.
-Roland
----- Original Message ----
> From: Bob Spidell <bspidell@comcast.net>
> To: healeylist <healeys@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Wed, January 20, 2010 5:37:03 PM
> Subject: [Healeys] Shop Info
>
> I'm on a mailing list from a guy that owns an Austin-Healey and a winery in
> Napa. His latest mailing had the following info:
>
>
> " Healey running hot? We've all heard that for as long as we have had these
> wonderful cars! The first thing to do is check the temperature gauge for
> accuracy. How many do that? Well, I finally did and guess what? Yeah, the
>gauge
> was reading about 15-20 degree hot! So now what?
>
> Wanting to keep the original, I set out to get the gauge rebuilt. And here is
> what I found out. There is a small, one-man shop located in San Diego, Ca.,
> called Foreign Speedo (619-298-5278). No fax machine, no computer, no web
>site
> and not even an answering machine! They can rebuild it, but it's a "I hope
> you're not in a hurry for this" type of place. We all get the picture.
>
> Well, I sent the gauge in. They refurbished the gauge, rebuilt the whole
>thing,
> both water temp and oil pressure, and it is beautiful and dead-on. And the
>price
> was "more than reasonable." These shops are a dying breed. So file this info
>and
> in the future, if your Healey is running Hot...... "
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