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I may have found a whole console of newer gauges, but I am still looking for the original tach and stewart warner water temperature gauge from my 1978 W 60. any help would be appreciated.
I’m trying to avoid any rewiring , but if no one has these gauges lying around after their repower then I may just go new and replace the temp gauge with a mechanical unit.[/quote]
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For what it is worth, although Stewart Warner seems to be a venerable
brand, I have never had much success with their products. Back when I
raced cars I had their gauges fail and replaced them with VDOs, and even
VDO’s most economy brand, the “cockpit” series were always utterly
reliable and seemingly accurate.Also, for what it is worth, I am not a fan of mechanical gauges. There
are just too many opportunities for damage or failure. Another thing I
saw when racing cars was the blow out of oil pressure lines to
mechanical gauges (or their melting, kinking, etc) side-lining cars.
IMHO electric senders are the way to go.One last thought: the simplest failure mode of an electronic gauge is
the wire coming off the sender due to snagging or vibration. I used to
drill a 1/16″ hole through the female spade terminal on the wire to
align with the hole in the sender’s spade and run a piece of safety wire
through that. Never a failure after that.Pete
On 9/22/2011 6:10 AM, Seawater wrote:
I may have found a whole console of newer gauges, but I am still looking for the original tach and stewart warner water temperature gauge from my 1978 W 60. any help would be appreciated.
I’m trying to avoid any rewiring , but if no one has these gauges lying around after their repower then I may just go new and replace the temp gauge with a mechanical unit.
Walter
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Or in my case the lead breaking off the sender after 30 years of vibration.
Luckily they are cheap.-p
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s/v Deep Playa | Pearson 424 Hull #152 | http://www.DeepPlaya.com | @DeepPlayaOn Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 10:54 AM, Pete Dubler wrote:
For what it is worth, although Stewart Warner seems to be a venerable
brand, I have never had much success with their products. Back when I raced
cars I had their gauges fail and replaced them with VDOs, and even VDO’s
most economy brand, the “cockpit” series were always utterly reliable and
seemingly accurate.Also, for what it is worth, I am not a fan of mechanical gauges. There are
just too many opportunities for damage or failure. Another thing I saw when
racing cars was the blow out of oil pressure lines to mechanical gauges (or
their melting, kinking, etc) side-lining cars. IMHO electric senders are
the way to go.One last thought: the simplest failure mode of an electronic gauge is the
wire coming off the sender due to snagging or vibration. I used to drill a
1/16″ hole through the female spade terminal on the wire to align with the
hole in the sender’s spade and run a piece of safety wire through that.
Never a failure after that.Pete
On 9/22/2011 6:10 AM, Seawater wrote:
I may have found a whole console of newer gauges, but I am still looking
for the original tach and stewart warner water temperature gauge from my
1978 W 60. any help would be appreciated.I’m trying to avoid any rewiring , but if no one has these gauges lying
around after their repower then I may just go new and replace the temp
gauge with a mechanical unit.
Walter
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