This is one of my favorite new parts! I have always felt the dashboard and instruments are the most important part of any classic car, since you stare at it all the time. So this correct reproduction of the original Bugeye combo gauge is a winner! It matches the exact type face used on the Sprite Mark 1 gauge. For years, people have settled for the MGB type combo gauge in their Spridget (they look a little different, the numbers and type font are slightly different, and they have the SMITHS logo). Now you can have the correct original! If you have an original gauge, chances are the needles and numbers have weathered, and that the chrome bezel and/or glass are scratched. Now you can have an entirely new gauge that looks perfect. The only difference between this gauge and the original is the light socket, which you will need to convert to the plug-in type. Your original combo gauge has a light integral to the bracket, which will not work with this gauge. We sell the correct gauge light socket, bulb, and crimp on bullet connector as well! When installing this, we recommend putting a ring terminal on the negative wire to make an easy ground. NOTE: This gauge has the correct 2-3/16" Bezel diameter and the correct 2" body diameter to fit the factory combo gauge hole in a Mark I and Mark II Sprite. NOTE: You must install this gauge very carefully. It is easy to fracture the water temperature probe plumbing, which is filled with ether and if you crack it or kink it, the ether will leak out and the gauge will not work. As such these are not returnable so make sure you get a helper to install it and feed the ether line into position very carefully without breaking it We test all temperature gauges before they leave our facility. Due to the delicacy of these gauges, once unfurled the gauge is no longer returnable.
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