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Cheap or expensive water temperature guage? You decide!

Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2016 6:16 pm
by The vast minority
I wanted to be sure I have a gauge prior to engine install at the weekend so as well as 2 x smiths combined oil and water gauges I also bought a cheap TIM for under 30 quid.

Here is a video of them side by side should you be wondering if the cheaper TIM is any good. the TIM came with the required 5/8 to 5/8 adaptor which both gauges need as the bulbs are too long to sit in the A series head without this. It also came with lighting whereas both of these items are extras on the Smiths. Both are 52mm and came with mounting hardware.

Al

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xoMvgogfK ... pp=1&app=m

Re: Cheap or expensive water temperature guage? You decide!

Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2016 7:09 pm
by SteveClem
Well,Al, I suppose you'll know which was value for money in a year or two!

Re: Cheap or expensive water temperature guage? You decide!

Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2016 7:38 pm
by The vast minority
Aye, I plan to run em both and keep one of the smiths as a spare.
We shall see.
Al

Re: Cheap or expensive water temperature guage? You decide!

Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2016 8:02 pm
by Trickydicky
Hi Al,
I have been running the Tim gauges since Aug 2012 with no issues.
http://mmoc.org.uk/mbimage.php?src=1376762219_15158
Here is a link to the thread I created, http://www.mmoc.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f= ... Temp+gauge

Re: Cheap or expensive water temperature guage? You decide!

Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2016 9:45 pm
by les
No reason to doubt those Tim gauges but Smiths gear has stood the test of time, so why look elsewhere.

Re: Cheap or expensive water temperature guage? You decide!

Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2016 10:08 pm
by mike.perry
I have the Smiths twin gauge which retails around £95. It has the advantage of only taking the space for one gauge leaving room for another gauge eg ammeter

Re: Cheap or expensive water temperature guage? You decide!

Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2016 4:20 pm
by dalebrignall
ive got tim guages they are fine

Re: Cheap or expensive water temperature guage? You decide!

Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2016 6:42 pm
by The vast minority
I concur with all points