U.S. Gauge Oil Temp needed

[Hank Jarrett]

Several years ago I had a box of spare gauges with several Oil gauges. I gave a bunch away (since I had plenty). Unfortunately in the process I gave away my own original Oil Temp gauge (ended up with an extra oil pressure and no temp). I have been watching on line for a couple of years now with no luck to replace it and now it is time to ship off my set for overhaul and yellow tags.
Anybody out there have an extra U.S. Gauge Oil Temp to sell? I need one with a bulb to fit an A-65 Continental.
Hank

[Ragwing nut]

Re: U.S. Gauge Oil Temp needed

I "should" have one but need to check first. Send me a pm to remind me if I don;t get back to you in a day or two

[Hank Jarrett]

Re: U.S. Gauge Oil Temp needed

Will do. Fingers are crossed.
Thanks
Hank

[Ragwing nut]

Re: U.S. Gauge Oil Temp needed

I found one, works, face is nice, needle needs fresh paint. Make a reasonable offer

[Hank Jarrett]

Re: U.S. Gauge Oil Temp needed

Oh NO! Not again! Once again neither of us knows what a reasonable price is. We have GOT to find a way to price stuff between friends in the tribe. No one wants to feel like they have taken advantage of a buddy.
Hank

[Ragwing nut]

Re: U.S. Gauge Oil Temp needed

I looked at new prices (although US guage is no longer available) and they are $50 for a rochester to $150 for a scott, so how about $55 shipped. Fair?

[Hank Jarrett]

Re: U.S. Gauge Oil Temp needed

Sold. Email me with an address. Is a check OK?
Hank

[Forrest Barber]

Re: U.S. Gauge Oil Temp needed

I am glad we got that solved. Very fair price too!

Fair Market Value: what the seller is willing to accept, what the buyer is willing to spend. Old Auctioneer saying...

[Hank Jarrett]

Re: U.S. Gauge Oil Temp needed

True, hard part is when you are dealing with friends there is always that feeling you may have low-balled or high-balled the price. I don't think any of us would intentionally "cheat" another tribe member. In an auction other bidders will drive the price up till the one who wants it most, gets it. When we deal here there are generally just two people involved, and with old airplane parts, no one seems to know the value. One bidder makes for a really low auction price (seller gets "cheated"). We all want to avoid that (and we want to avoid paying a fortune for a part that is not worth much).
Remember the bubble face compass just last month? It sold on e-Bay for almost $1,000! I don't know about the rest of you guys, but I just couldn't afford that kind of price. The NICE thing was that my wife now thinks the $400 I paid for mine was a real deal. I still think I paid too much, but I just HAD TO HAVE that compass for the 41 (just NOT at $1,000).
I really wanted a U.S. Gauge Oil temp for the 41. Just doesn't look right with that Scott gauge in the panel, right under that bubble compass.

By the way, I dropped the drawings off at the engraver for the compass compensator yesterday. If you have a bubble compass without the little cover that says "Taylorcraft" over the compensator, let me know. It looks like he may be able to make them VERY CHEAP and I will pass them out for the cost of making them. They make NEAT tie tacks too! I'll post a picture as soon as he gets the bugs out and the first one is in my hands. He is also making the Banjo wheel center covers with the logo but we are having real problems getting the brass freeze plugs they were made from. If anyone has a source for those freeze plugs (or any other banjo parts), let me know.

Hank

Pretty soon we are going to have ALL the neat little goodies for our planes!

[wmfife]

Re: Bubbleface Covers, Was: U.S. Gauge Oil Temp needed

«If you have a bubble compass without the little cover that says "Taylorcraft" over the compensator, let me know. It looks like he may be able to make them VERY CHEAP and I will pass them out for the cost of making them. They make NEAT tie tacks too!»

Yes Hank count me in! Mine's a Carwil, almost identical to the Airguide in the face except for the name cover on the compensator.

BTW the (salvaged?) heavily-painted B-16 compass that was installed previously had had the bottom half of the circular mount ring cut off, the compass having been held in place only by the top two screws (and so was shaking so badly in flight it was barely readable-).

Anyone know where I can get a replacement for this mutilated mount bracket? Or at least ref the type & gage of Aluminum it's made from? (Just the ring; not the airframe attach block.)

I also have a "can"-type bracket but one that was designed for a Pioneer. It matches the compass face ring OK for all types (Bendix, Pioneer & Carwil) but not the airframe fittings in my T.

TKS.
Bill

[Hank Jarrett]

Re: U.S. Gauge Oil Temp needed

Bill,
Let me look for the mounts I have. One (in the 41) is a dome cover with an integral pylon mount that fits up to the apex of the tubes just behind the windshield. The compass has no mount lugs and is held in by a screw through the front of the dome.
The other is a pylon (same as the other one) but there is no dome, just a crescent mount that attaches to the top two screw holes on the large compass face. This one appears to have been original on my 45.
We should be able to make a wood patern if you want to have one cast from aluminum, or you could make a mold and lay up graphite tape and resin to make one no one would know wasn't original once it was painted.
Hank

[wmfife]

Re: U.S. Gauge Oil Temp needed

Hank,
The crescent mount you describe sounds like the one in mine but in that case has to be a sub from a -D. The factory interior pic of the '41 as you probably know shows a full circular ring, but hard to see details.

The mount is all heavy gage sheet Al stock, separate and attached to the sides of the cast pylon with a single through bolt. Thought maybe could just use it as a pattern and cut & bend up a new one from like stock.

Just not sure why they *improved* the mount this way. I am trying some felt packing behind the pylon on the mount pad to dampen the vibration. Will let you know how it goes.

TKS,
Bill

[Hank Jarrett]

Re: U.S. Gauge Oil Temp needed

Bill,
I have a load of photos showing the compass in the attached pictures in 41s. They are rediculously expensive and hard to find. The pylon is welded to the dome and the compass is held in by a single screw in the back.
Do you have any pictures of the one you are working with?
Hank

[wmfife]

Re: U.S. Gauge Oil Temp needed

Hank,
I have a pic on file of one like it but can't get it to load.
Mine is in need of seals and fluid but I got it for a real good deal, around $100 from a list member. Carwil and Airguide are nearly identical from what I can tell.

I think I may have figured out what could have happened, as I have the pylon but not the casing you show here. I've done some strengthening on the bracket and when I get it trimmed and primered I'll try and post pics of the entire assembly. But either the pylon was cut off at some point and lapped very professionally.. then drilled through or the D's had them made that way and that's where this one came from. (-?) I don't see any marks on this pylon - maybe a component that was never welded? Who knows..

[jCandlish]

Re: U.S. Gauge Oil Temp needed

My bubbleface is different. The front mounting bezel is flat. the compass loads from the front, there is no screw in back.

BTW, we've seen a run of bad oil pressure rebuilds here.