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mattsmadmini
PostPosted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 10:12 pm 
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am i right in saying that?

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Yeah, you can say that.

This is how a bourdon tube gauge works works:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bourdon_tube#Bourdon

Pretty natty aiight..

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ok lovely....

just got a dual gauge for the moke.

oil pressure and water temp, both are capillary.... so im gonna say mechanical... which im gonna say is easier to put in than electric?

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I hate capillary gauges - I have had several fail and fill my dash with oil :twisted:
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Yeah there is the chance of a break in the line. For the temp gauge this only presents an inconvenience, the oil line breaking is a little messier. Both gauges use the same bourdon tube mechanisms by the way, fascinating in simplicity and reliability..

I love thsoe old smiths twin gauges, I would love to set one up as oil pressure and oil temperature..

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