IMHO it is a replacement. If it was electrical originally, the face/style
would have matched. However, even with the harness wire, S/T may have
cleared the shelf and used a mechanical unit but again, the face/style would
have matched. There probably is a TR4 owner out there with a car in the
same range that can shed more light on the subject, but...
Also, I kept breaking the capillary on my first TR3 and eventually found an
electrical unit that matched the TR3 gauges and converted so there are
similar units out there.
Carl
-----Original Message-----
From: Jeffrey J. Barteet [mailto:barteet@barteet.com]
Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 1:45 PM
To: Triumphs@Autox.team.net daily digest
Subject: Original Water Temp Gauge?
Hi, Folks,
just wondering if anyone could shed any light on this.
I have a semi-early TR4. 1962 model, CT78xxLO.
The instruments all have the convex lenses except for the water temp. It has
a flat lens, and the instrument is of the later 4 variety with the 'mask'
covering the top half of the needle. The other instruments in the center
cluster are the older TR2-3 variety that swing from the top.
I had always just assumed that the previous owner had replaced the original
gauge for some reason, but then I realized the TR2-3 water temp gauge was of
the mechanical capillary-tube variety, and my car has the wire coming out of
the harness for the electric resistor type.
So my question is, did some TR4s come out of the factory like this, or has
this instrument been replaced?
* jeffrey
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