Don,
I have had success soldering the capillary tube back and have the gauge
still work _IF_ you haven't run the car since it was broken. If you have
run the car chances are the contents have escaped. Alternative to
rebuliding is to but an aftermarket gauge.
Gerard
>The pipe from the radiator to the temperature gauge has broken on
>my 1960 frogeye. Is the pipe full of something (Mercury? Water?)
>or can I just solder it back. I can live without this and I do not want
>to replace the temp/pressure gauge?
>Don (Cumbria, U.K.)
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