I've got a couple guage problems with a 61 Morris Cooper. The first with the fuel guage. The sending unit is a mini mania FUL102 mated to a stand alone smith fuel guage. There is no voltage stabilizer present on the car. Gauge to ground reads a full tank. The guage reads over full with a full tank and 1/4 tank when empty. Will a voltage stabilizer wix this issue? I was looking at the mini mania BR1307-00 or is there an alternative fix?

Second problem. The odometer only moves tenths, no other numbers move. Any ideas to fix this? I have the guage out sittting on the table.

Thanks,

 

The Fuel Guage problem sounds like a stabilizer issue, alright, and there are two basis Smiths types that are actually the same but mount to the back of the Guage in differing ways (essentially a Mk.I and a Mk.II version) so if the Mk.I version for your car is unavailable, the Mk.II version will work if you mount it in a different place ...

... The Smiths Speedo unit is always going to break - you just don't know when - and it is possible for the odometer part to pack-it-in even though the speedometer part is working fine; If you can't fine a replacement, you can have Nissonger rebuild it ( try here : http://www.nisonger.com/ and don't let the Cobra stuff scare you off - they rebuild Smiths guages) ... depending on what you find on eBay, rebuilding may actually be cheaper.

 

Hey 8ball -

Love your Triumph.

I ride one myself - a '95 Daytona 1200. Good to see others also riding bikes!!

- - m

 

... thanks, Churchy, and if this was the "All Triumph" thread, i'd tell ya that your new ones are pretty spiffy, too ( road that new speed triple the other day ... what a trip!) But without all that Smiths and Lucas stuff on'em, they're just too civillized !

 

yeah - and you never have to put newspaper on the garage floor either!!

I love the new Triumph Thruxton too - have you seen that? It's a 900cc 'cafe racer'. Basically they took a bonney and put clip-ons on it and gave it a gunfighter-type seat.

Check it out: "http://www.triumph.co.uk/usa/784.aspx"