It seems to me that if you did not want to install a vacuum gage in place of
the rheostat, it might be a nice place to mount a small clock.
my $.02 for what its worth.
Ed
At 07:59 AM 10/3/97 -0400, you wrote:
>Peter Zaborski wrote:
>>
>> What would you get by installing a vacuum gauge? Would it measure how
>> much leakage there is in the vacuum system or something else? Where
>> would it tie in with the vacuum lines?
>>
>> I have never heard of a vacuum gauge in a car (of course this could be
>> an indicator of how much I know more than anything else...).
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Peter Zaborski
>> 76 TR6 (CF58310 UO)
>> Calgary AB Canada
>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Trevor Jordan [SMTP:trevor.jordan@rmit.edu.au]
>> > Sent: Thursday, October 02, 1997 6:06 PM
>> > To: Peter Zaborski; 'Jeff S. Hapke'; 'TR6 List'
>> > Subject: RE: rheostat
>> >
>> > I am starting to wonder whether I really want a rheostat to vary the
>> > level
>> > of instrument illumination - the rheostat position looks like a great
>> > place
>> > to put a 2 inch Smiths vacuum gauge which I have somewhere in the
>> > garage.
>> >
>
>Ah, a vacuum gauge. At one point these were touted as a means of
>monitoring fuel efficiency. I don't really see the point in having one
>permanently installed.
>--
>George Richardson
>'57 TR3, TS15559L
>(getting ready to paint - and now on the web!)
>http://www.merlingroupinc.com/tr3.htm
>
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