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Re: TR3A Fuel Gauge

To: ngallagher <ngallagher@webb-institute.edu>
Subject: Re: TR3A Fuel Gauge
From: George Richardson <gprtech@ix.netcom.com>
Date: Mon, 06 Oct 1997 16:19:50 -0400
Cc: triumphs@Autox.Team.Net
Organization: Merlin Group Inc.
References: <343932F6.569C@webb-institute.edu>
ngallagher wrote:
> 
> I've recently got my TR3A running after 20 yrs off the road, but still
> have some minor repairs to complete.  One is the fuel gauge.  The
> manuals, Haynes and Truimph Standard, show a wire with a resistor from
> terminal T on the gauge to ground, and a resistor between terminals B
> and T on the back of the gauge.  The DCO rewired the instrument panel 10
> years ago and apparently omitted those two wires.  Anyone who's spent
> many an hour under the dash happen to know what those resistors should
> be?
> 
> Neil Gallagher
> '60 TR3A

Those resistors are actually the internal works of the fuel gauge. The
only external resistance on the TR3 gauge is the fuel tank sending unit.
Also, the "resistors" they show are actually the 2 coild inside the
meter.
-- 
George Richardson
'57 TR3, TS15559L
(getting ready to paint - and now on the web!)
http://www.merlingroupinc.com/tr3.htm

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