I'm looking for an oil pressure gauge for the new CV-12 (just to keep it PC
as a Jensen conversation).
They are English Jaeger gauges (go figure - British brakes and shocks as
well), black face, regular small gauge size, but are calibrated in Bar (not
as in Dan'l Boone stepped in some 'bar' poop, but as in 1 atmosphere/14.7
psi), from 0-10 Bar.
I am not wedded to the idea of having Bar instead of psi, as being an old psi
kind of guy, I prefer not to have to mentally translate on the fly, but the
problem is that if it were in psi, it would read from 0-150 or so, which is
pretty high.
I know Paul and a few other guys are into oddball cars, and wondered if
anyone had seen such a beast - my best guess is Alfa, but the only ones I've
seen only go to 114 psi, so would be pinned most of the time on the Italian
CV-8, which has muy grande cojones (sorry, don't know the Italian for that)
in the oil pressure department, and runs around 120 psi normally.
I did find one original used gauge for a Lambo Espada, but the conversation
ended when they told me they wanted $400 for it (NEVER tell them what car you
want the parts for!). I found a 114 psi gauge for C$60, but being a
perfectionist, wondered if there might be one out there with a higher range,
and figured I'd ask.
Bill
