8 replies to this topic

[Elliskwleisk]

eBay item number: 281081595462

Trying to work out what make the three gauges are in front of the driver, anyone know?

[Dan]

Smiths, possibly from a Triumph Dolomite but some of the warning lamps don't look right for that.

[KernowCooper]

I think there a mix and match, rev counter is like Dan said from a Dolomite/Spitfire or similar era, the centre gauge looks to be a older type with pointed needles (Dolomite type flat end needles) not sure about the speedo?

[Vipernoir]

Possibly MGB speedo.
The rev counter is Dolomite.
The middle one looks like a three-dial fuel, oil pressure & temp gauge from a 1300GT or similar.

[Dan]

It's the tacho that's the odd one out, I'm pretty certain the speedo and multi gauge are from a late base spec Dolly but they didn't have tachos. The warning lamps are right too, I was thinking about the earlier cars that had the warning lamp cluster but on the ones that had the multi-gauge the lamps were in the speedo like this.

[Tupers]

MG/Austin 1300, I've got a set for my estate. ;)

[Elliskwleisk]

Thanks guys, does anyone know how easily they would wire up in the mini and read correctly?

[jaydee]

Speedo will read up correctly as long as its got the correct TPM to match you speddo drive in the gearbox.
Rev counter will work fine and as long as its RVC type it works with leccy ignition too.

[ibrooks]

Definitely a mix and match set. I had the same style tacho but with matching speedo in my Clubby. They came from a Scimitar. I'd swapped the guts of the tacho from an MGB to give me a 4-cyl rev counter with a matching face to the speedo. I mixed the speedo drive gears in the gearbox to give me 1000 turns per mile of the speedo cable with my diff and wheel/tyre combination and the cable connection on the back of the Smiths speedo was correct for the Mini cable.

Wiring the rest of the gauges is easy enough - they generally want a power supply (stabilised), an earth and a wire to the sender (plus illumination). You need to match the sender to the gauge so if you are getting a set from A.N.Other car get the senders too. I got an adaptor from Europa to let me screw the Ford/Smiths temp sender into the Mini head. Fortunately the Scimitar's fuel sender has the same resistance range as a Mini's so the fuel gauge read correctly on the Mini sender. Oil pressure was a capillary type so I got a T-piece to let me keep the warning light as well as the gauge.

Jag XJ6's can be a good source for gauges as they are cheap as chips nowadays - you'll have the same problem with the rev-counter as I had but it's hardly insurmountable. Land Rovers also use Smiths stuff and early ones use the big multi-gauge as seen on that ebay listing.

Iain