Jim,
Do you have a Radio Shack in Ottawa? According to my catalog, they have
Part No. RSU 11910783, rated at 14 volts at 200 Ma. That's 2.8 watts at 14
volts, probably about 2.2 watts at 12 - 13 volts. It's good to derate
incandescent lamps, they last much longer. I haven't tried it so can't say
for sure that it will do the job, but the picture looks right. If not,
you're only out $1.19 (US) for two lamps.
Sumner Weisman
62 TR-3B
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 09:31:05 -0400
From: JAMES_S_WALLACE@HP-Canada-om1.om.hp.com
Subject: Cleaning gauges
Peter,
I just cleaned the six gauges in my TR3. I don't know if they're the same
as on
the 6 but I bet they're similar. In my case I'm disassembling the whole car
so
the comparison isn't so direct, but what I can tell you is that they were
all
equally dusty inside, and all look like a million bucks now. In addition to
the
glass needing cleaning, one of the needles (ammeter?) was beginning to show
a
bit of rust. I applied white-out and it looks fine. On my car, the gauges
don't
receive bulbs for illumination; rather, they have a translucent ring
through
which the light shines from the bulb mounted nearby in the back of the
dashboard. These rings all needed cleaning too.
The chrome ring holding the glass in is removed the same way on the small
ones
as on the speedo and tach, with a slight turn and a pull, however I'd
recommend
removing the gauges from the car where practical because it may take a fair
bit
of elbow grease to get them off and it's handy to be able to turn them over
for
more leverage etc. In some cases I also bent the three tabs out a bit to
make
the rings easier to rotate. The rubber tends to get soft and turn into
something
more like caulking - it really holds on.
On Saturday I returned to the box (which was sitting opened on the basement
floor) where the new-looking gauges were awaiting reinstallation into the
newly-wrinkle-painted dash, only to discover that the cats had found
another use
for said box. I was rather disappointed in their lack of toilet training,
and
did even go so far as to mention it to their owner, very politely of
course.
My big problem now is finding replacement light bulbs for dash
illumination.
They are a screw-in style, 12v, 2.2 w bulb. Do you know of a source? The
Canadian Tire guy insisted on asking me what model of car my sample was
from ,
and when I told him Triumph, he asked if that was a Ford. Once again I
asked
myself why I subject myself to such abuse, over and over.....
Regards,
Jim Wallace, Ottawa
'60 TR3a
TS81417
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