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Gauges
Just wanted to pass some info to that of which I learned. I was calibrating my gauges and touched off the power wire and popped my voltage regulator. No big deal. Went to my Napa store and put one in. The old regulator wavered a bit but the new one wavered more than I would like. Also the length of time for the bimettallic strip to warm and bury my gauges was scary on each ignition cycle. I never cared for that on my original regulator either as these gauges are like gold for a decent used ones. Well... the replacement regulator fried in a month which of course buries the gauges and stresses the hell out of them so I got a warranty one in and it worked but still had the damn waver. Then I saw the electronic one in Pat's Tbird catalog and ordered one. They are adjustable like the chicken bimettallic ones but I was able to use it as is and what a difference!. The steady five volt (mine is about 5.5) feed makes them come up slow and stay steady as a rock. I'm sure some of you already know this but thought I would pass it along for those who didn't as I didn't know the electronic one was available. As you can tell I'm a little anal about my gauges but protecting my 50 yr old baby is a priority. Thanks for lettin me ramble.
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