Is there a reasonably priced electronic replacement for the 1275? My
capillary tube broke off at the sensor the other day. It would need to be a
dual guage; water temp and oil pressure.
Thanks,
Robert
At 6:11 PM -0500 2/21/99, Daniel1312@aol.com wrote:
>In a message dated 21/2/1999 8:22:16PM, adrian@icx.net writes:
>
><< twisty-spring wire thing >>
>
>This sounds like a capillary tube sensor - a fine but hollow tube that is
>permanently fixed to the gauge at one end and permanently fixed to the sensor
>at the other. There is a waxy substance in the sensor and tube that expands
>when warm to give the gauge its reading.
>
>In the event the capillary tube is not permenantly attached the gauge is
>history, likewise the sensor (costs more to repair than buy now). The twisty
>spring wire is I guess their to protect the tube.
>
>Other temperature gauges are wholly electric and the sender sends an electric
>signal to an electric gauge to produce a reading.
>
>
>Daniel1312
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