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Andy, you should have known that.
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But Don, that's not what he asked! :devilgrin:

Actually, I did think of mentioning the fact that it might make for an <span style="font-style: italic">interesting</span> dash arrangement with three 4" gauges -- and still no oil pressure gauge, which is something I'd much rather have in a Triumph than a voltmeter or ammeter if I had to choose! That's why, in the interest of keeping modifications (read: cutting dashes) to a minimum, I put a Smiths combination mechanical oil pressure/water temperature gauge in my 1970 GT6+. At the time, I was actually so "A/R" about it that I bought the new gauge and actually sent it to Nisonger to have them paint the needle the same reddish-orange color as the needles on the other GT6 gauges! (I mean, I'd spent a lot of money on the combo gauge and didn't want to risk ruining it by painting it myself. And at the time, it didn't cost very much to have then do it! We're talking 1976, btw, back when I still occasionally had disposable income!)
 
The TR-2000 gauges cases are "deeper" and more recessed than those on other TR's of the period even though they look similar. The bezels don't come off the same way and there are other differences. However, the fuel gauge calibration should be correct. With some digging you may find that the 2000 used the same temperature sending unit as other TRs of the time and therefore, its calibration would be "correct". TR appears to have been MUCH better about standardization of sending units across their product line than BMC.

That is a nice piece though. Andy, if you remember, Jamie P. has his unfinished 2000 Estate. I made him a volt gauge for the cluster in his car. However, that car is as far (or farther away) from being on the road than when he bought it.
 
Good points, Doug, although the gauge Hym is looking it is from a later series 2000 and might be more similar in construction to the GT6 speedo and tach (or not, of course). I can check, but you're probably right about the temperature sending units, but I'd still wonder about the fuel tank gauge sender; on the other hand, so long as it gives a logical "relative" reading, it should be ok! :wink:
 
I'd be a little careful about the information on temperature sending units. The research I did for the Stag showed that there were originally quite a few different senders, which were later "rationalized" to only a few numbers. But at least in the Stag's case, the rationalization was to a sender that read significantly different than the original.
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