I think I screwed up my previous attempt at a reply.
I have had several dual Smiths gauges (mechanical oil pressure and water temp)
repaired by John Wolf & Co. I have been using one in a Mini for 8 years , and
one
in a Sprite race car for over 4. The usual problem with these gauges is in the
water temp sender. This company uses a heavier line and fittings. He states
you
won't have problems with them, and I haven't. Address: 4550 Wood St.,
Willoughby,
Ohio 44094; (216) 942-0083.
Paul Fitzsimmons
Paul Fitzsimmons wrote:
> Brian Evans wrote:
>
> > I've been using the Autometer old style gauges lately - they kind of look
> > like Stewart Warner gauges from the sixties. Fully mechanical oil pressure
> > and water temp. I've found them so much more reliable than the rebuilt or
> > new Smiths that I used to try and use (once put three rebuilt water temp
> > gauges in over one weekend - and none of them worked for more than five
> > minutes!). I tapped the cylinder head hole to 3/8 NPT to get the water
> > gauge sender adaptor in. I used a 1/8 NPT to -3 AN adaptor in the oil
> > pressure port on the engine, and ran -3 steel braided brake line to the
> > gauge. Aside from the line costing more than the gauge, it's been great - a
> > very fast reading gauge, and the line won't break, melt, have a hose clamp
> > slip, etc. I'm using, for all the very vintage reasons, the original Smiths
> > (non-chronometric) mechanical tach that came with the car. It's so far cost
> > me as much as a Stack, but I'm sticking with it - each incremental
> > investment seems to be small enough that I can't justify the switch to a
> > more modern tach on either economic or performance grounds, and it *does*
> > look right!
> >
> > Any hint's/tips form the boys?
> >
> > Brian (who's GOT all the original gauges, just can't afford to keep them
> > working)
> >
> > >I have found electrical temp and pressure gages to be inaccurate/and/or
> > >not as reliable as I would like, therefore I have a mechanical oil
> > >pressure gage in the Boss- never installed the water temp gage, and have
> > >mechanical oil press and water temp gages in the Truck. They are rock
> > >solid. You might consider foregoing a little bit of the originality for
> > >reliability.
> > >Just my 2 cents.
> > >Bill D.
> > >
> > Brian Evans
> > Director, Carrier Sales
> > UUNET, an MCI WorldCom Company
> > (416) 216 5111
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