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My misunderstanding. So from what I now understand the 0-30-80 psi brown gauge face needs to be reproduced because they don't exist? If I modify what I have done on my 0-50 psi face to coincide with a 0-30-80 psi face that would do the job? As long as the max needle deflection shows 80 psi. It would be an easy mod. I used a NOS 0-30-80 psi face for my dimensions and registration so a bit of moving of numbers and a best estimate of the style of the "3" and "8" would do it. Also adjusting the scale if required for the 30 psi position. I will see what I can do. I know it is a bit subjective but how does my colour choices look compared to an original brown face gauge? Cheers,
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F15-A 1942 Battery Staff Jacques Reed Last edited by Jacques Reed; 02-09-20 at 00:17. |
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The only type of new bought oil pumps that are available are 80psi versions, you can no longer get a 50psi pump. So, for a 11 or 12 cab you need a gauge which will work with an 80psi pump and sender that looks the part in the "Brown" gauge cluster. There are lots of Grey 80psi gauges available NOS (and even postwar gauges up '53) that can be used with an appropriate decal. Colour looks good, maybe needs to be a touch darker. |
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Style of the 30 and 80 are drawn from the 1940 100Mph speedo. |
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Hi Tony,
You beat me to it! Just remembered I had a photo of an earlier speedo I sold which I was going to use for the style of numerals. Thanks for that photo. Better than mine and should be easy to make a similar looking oil pressure gauge face in keeping with the period. My misunderstanding was a need to convert the later 0-80 psi gauge to the earlier 0-50 psi. I guess there still is a need in view of the availability of the later gauges if people still run the 50 psi pumps. Note: I have attached 0-80 psi gauge face to resemble an earlier 0-50 psi face. Think I got the "3" and "8" OK from the speedo photos. Not sure if the top of the "8" has some fill in but it can easily be changed. I darkened it slightly over previously posted versions too. I found by scaling this photo to 25% before printing, it matches my later 0-80 gauge face perfectly. Cheers,
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F15-A 1942 Battery Staff Jacques Reed Last edited by Jacques Reed; 07-09-20 at 05:47. Reason: Added 0-80 psi gauge face and notes |
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