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[jayare]

I've just seen a seller on ebay who re-cons gauges and it says on his ads that he fits new neoprene seals. The seller's shop is 'the gauge shop'. One of his gauges can be found here.

You could contact him and ask if he could supply a new seal for your gauge.

JR

[GreaseMonkey]

Thanks for the replies

I have been in contact with Alan (The seller on ebay), I have bought a gauge off him (Excellent ebayer who is always there to help). He directed me to a seller on ebay called MJC Products who sell a kit containing a bezel, glass, two nuts and

"square section rubber 'O' ring for fitting on the case between bezel and dashboard"

Link

No neoprene seal? I have contacted them about this.

Thanks

Edited by GreaseMonkey, 07 February 2009 - 11:27 PM.

[GreaseMonkey]

The seller said that he can provide me with the Neoprene seal,

Just one last question, was there a specific reason as to why Smiths painted their gauge cases internally matt blue? Would it affect anything if I touched up areas inside the case with a silver paint?

Thanks

[jayare]

That's good news about the seal. I would imagine the matt blue would be to do with the colour the instrument lighting shows up. I can't see that it would make much difference if you used silver for touch-ups.

JR

[dklawson]

It seems pretty common when reconditioning gauges to paint the insides either highly reflective silver or high gloss white. Regardless of which you choose you probably will have a much brighter gauge than before. The only bad thing about this is that you'll then want to paint the inside of all you gauges.

[lrostoke]

Just thinking daft thoughts, but wonder if the blue was just because there was loads of it going spare after WW2, seems like a colour used on parts of some aircraft