Gage on 1948 D4?

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My 1948 D4 has two gages on the dash panel. The left-most gage is not readable, possibly it's filled with oil. What does that gage measure? Has anyone ever disassembled a gage and successfully repaired it?
Fred - upstate NY.

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Sun, Apr 29, 2007 10:19 AM

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You have two guages, one is going to be oil pressure, the other is engine tempature. If you have never broken into a guage before, I strongly recommend you have someone who knows something about them, work on them. The guages a quite delicate. It doesn't take much to screw one up either.
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Mike

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Sun, Apr 29, 2007 12:59 PM

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You have two guages, one is going to be oil pressure, the other is engine tempature. If you have never broken into a guage before, I strongly recommend you have someone who knows something about them, work on them. The guages a quite delicate. It doesn't take much to screw one up either.
Good luck
Mike

Thanks for the information Mike. I've worked on quite a few gages where you can take them apart with screws. These look like they may be factory-sealed with a crimp around the glass.

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Sun, Apr 29, 2007 9:06 PM

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