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Old 04-19-2023, 07:52 PM
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Originally Posted by RockBit View Post
I have a Smiths electronic oil temp gauge, which is identical in looks to the analog gauge. A single wire to the sender in the oil pan, with power and ground to the gauge under the dash. It is rock solid. It takes 4-5 miles of driving for the oil to come up to temperature.
But with a wired sender you don't get to tell people that your temperature gauges use tubes that were developed by Eugène Bourdon in 1849 and that they require no power whatsoever to function. That's half the fun of mechanical gauges.
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