Dash/Guage qustion

[paulfarber]

I have a 66 M35 waiting for me with less than 100 hours and 35k miles, but I just noticed that it's missing a gauge. The one in the bottom right corner.

Depending on where I look (TM, picture of other M35s), its either a ammeter (battery charge) or air pressure gauge.

Anyway to know for sure so I can preorder the part?

If its an air pressure gauge I can just cap it, the low air pressure horn does not come off the gauge, correct?

 

[Westech]

right if it is air just cap it till you get a new gauge, can you post a pic pf it? maybe we can figure out what one is missing.

 

[doghead]

Plug the airline if it's air. All the rest are electric and you can live without them.

 

[hndrsonj]

35K miles in 100 hours, that's got to be the fastest deuce yet!

 

[doghead]

I wondered how long it would take for someone to read that and be able to divide...

 

[paulfarber]

Pics are attached...

To cap an air line.. any idea what to get? Male/female thread/diameter?

 

[Deuce_and_a_Half_Dragon]

Yup, that's the air pressure gauge, as to what's needed to cap it, someone more knowlagable will have to chime in here

 

[Westech]

1/8th inch pipe plug.. Why don't you just get a air gauge and install it before you hit the road?

 

[Deuce_and_a_Half_Dragon]

 

[doghead]

Saturn Surplus is about 40 miles Southwest of you.

 

[Unforgiven]

They reset the "hours" gauge every time the engine is swapped or rebuilt. But the "miles" is not reset to facilitate maintenance of the chassis.

 

[paulfarber]

Getting the gauge is no problem.. its just that the TM said its one thing, but other sources showed other gauges (for whatever reason).

 

[doghead]

So, buy an air gauge. If you are wrong, oh well. Drive home without what ever else it is. The air is the only one that will stop you.

Most of mine are air in that position.

 

[steelandcanvas]

the low air pressure horn does not come off the gauge, correct?

No, the low air pressure warning buzzer gets it's air seperately. Like Eric said, the only gauge that will keep you from running is air pressure. Purchase one and take it with you, if you don't need it you'll have a spare.

 

[mudguppy]

They reset the "hours" gauge every time the engine is swapped or rebuilt. ...

who does?

we never did...

 

[OldDominionIron2]

Yup, that's the air pressure gauge, as to what's needed to cap it, someone more knowlagable will have to chime in here

On my 66 Kaiser-Jeep M35A2, the lower right gauge that you show missing is the ammeter. Air pressure is the middle lower gauge, the left lower gauge is oil pressure. The top row, from left to right, is fuel gauge, speedometer, tachometer, coolant temperature.

 

[txdodge43man]

on my truck to

 

[Seth_O]

My '67 kaiser-jeep has the ammeter in that position. However, I believe the advice to get an air gauge and take it with you just in case is sound - makes for a good spare regardless.

 

[doghead]

They reset the "hours" gauge every time the engine is swapped or rebuilt. But the "miles" is not reset to facilitate maintenance of the chassis.

try reading this thread. http://www.steelsoldiers.com/general-gl-questions/60113-whats-real-truth.html

Nobody here thinks so.

 

[3rdmdqm]

My 68 Kaiser Deuce is the same gauge set up as OldDominionIron2 and txdodge43man, lower right ammeter.