Thread: Anybody know what this is?
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10-26-2014 07:38 PM #1
Anybody know what this is?
Last edited by gearhead65; 10-26-2014 at 07:47 PM.
'56 Ford F100
272 V8
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10-26-2014 07:44 PM #2
The top one's a brake light switch, which is just a pressure switch to actuate the lights. The bottom indeed looks like a bourdon tube for a pressure indicator. Not sure why....Last edited by rspears; 10-26-2014 at 07:46 PM.
Roger
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10-26-2014 07:54 PM #3
The bottom one is a beat-up, almost demolished bourdon-tube pressure gauge with case broken off.Jack
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10-26-2014 08:32 PM #4
FYI, if you mess with the bourdon tube it can break easily and you lose your brake fluid.Roger
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10-26-2014 09:47 PM #5
Seems to me it would be worthwhile to take that old gauge out and insert a pipe plug to avoid what Roger said.Jack
Gone to Texas
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10-27-2014 05:31 AM #6
That is one hella cool pressure guage, I bet it helped a lot of mechanics diagnose brake issues. It's kind of self evident why it didn't catch on. Dangerous if it fails..
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10-27-2014 02:28 PM #7
So ugly it's kinda cute, huh? I had one under the driver side frame rail in my '56 GMC and since the brakes worked fine I never touched it.
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