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RE: gauges

To: "Triumphs" <Triumphs@autox.team.net>
Subject: RE: gauges
From: "Randall Young" <ryoung@navcomtech.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2002 08:16:08 -0800
> For the life of me I've never figured out why Smiths changed the polarity
> of their fuel gauge internal wirings when they switched from positive to
> negative.

The earlier design has two coils of magnet wire with bobbins and fiddly
adjustments.  The later design has only a short single strand of nichrome,
and a single, simpler adjustment.  The needle pivots were also simplified.
I think it's no coincidence that the change appeared just shortly after S-T
almost went bankrupt and Leyland took over in 60/61 ...

Randall

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