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MG TD TF 1500 - Gauge case/gauge wanted

I'm looking for the outer shell of a standard 2 1/16 gauge, any type, any condition. It's part of my project to build a working fuel meter. Don't need original, don't need Jaeger - just if anybody has a 2 1/16 case (and possibly bezel and glass) lying around from any project and wants to donate it... let me know!
Thanks!
Or if you know where I can find such a thing, didn't find much on ebay... lots of meters, no shells or cases...
Geoffrey M Baker

Hmmmm

MG LaVerne

The combo gauge on the left you could have for the cost of shipping however I ground the tabs off the bezel. If you would rather have a fuel gauge. I would sell you one of these along with a voltage stabilizer you would need ( as used on MGB's... they take the 12 volts down to the 10 needed) for 20 bucks plus shipping.

MG LaVerne

Any one would do fine LaVerne; so sure, send the combo unit. I don't need a voltage stabilizer. I'll use a standard 0-5v panel meter which will be powered by a controller that outputs 0-5v, and that controller would be powered by the car's 12v DC (it will take anything from 6-40v) so I don't think there will be any issues at all as far as the power is concerned. I just have to find a way to mount the panel meter, and if I have a case for an auto gauge I can fit it in that and then mount with a standard underdash gauge mount. I'll make up a Jaeger face for style's sake :)
Just ship it on out with a note as to cost of shipping and I'll send you a check.
Geoff Baker
3150 E Pima St
Tucson AZ 85716
Thanks!
Geoffrey M Baker

I'll try and get it out Monday Geoff
MG LaVerne

LaVerne do me a favor, don't mail it till Jan 1... I'm leaving here on Monday will get back the 30th...
thanks
Geoffrey M Baker

Will do..
MG LaVerne

OK, I'm back in sunny Tucson - with a cold :(
You can mail out that gauge at your convenience LaVerne!
Geoffrey M Baker

Well you could have caught it from me but I haven't sent it yet. Probably on Monday. Maybe I'll be over my cold by then too.
MG LaVerne

Mailed it out today Geoff
MG LaVerne

Thanks Laverne! :)
Geoffrey M Baker

Thanks Laverne, the gauge arrived. I owe you $3.74 :)
Do you take paypal? Send me your paypal address and I'll send the funds immediately. Or else I'll mail you a check, in which case I need your address.
Geoffrey M Baker

No pay pal...you can buy me a beer sometime.
MG LaVerne

Or email me your address and I'll send you a bit of paper claiming to be worth $3.74. Or if you prefer, I can attach three dollar bills and tape the loose change to cardboard :)
If you ever get down to Tucson or I get up to Colorado, I'll buy you several beers!
I grew up in Boulder but as my family moved from there years ago I haven't been back in more than a decade...
Geoffrey M Baker

I'm sending you a snailmail check for $4. Dont' spend it all at once!
Thanks again! I'll be working on the fuel meter project in the next few weeks. May take some time to get it all to work...
Geoffrey M Baker

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