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Originally Posted by submariner409  Rodya234, It was the same in the mid-60's as right now: If you want an accurate temperature or pressure gauge, mechanical is the answer. A slew of us used to be pretty good at snaking capillary tubing all over the place.......ask Dkoz about the turbo boost gauge on a '64 Corvair Spyder. |
Its not you guys that are losing your skill, its the cars getting better. When I was doing some work on my Fleetwood I had to run 2 wires through the firewall. I thought, "Oh, this will be easy. I will just run it through the wire harness that already passes through. Just push some wires aside, easy as cake." Nope. The wires were coated in epoxy where they passed though the firewall. I wound up drilling a hole and then having to cut away a small hole in the nearly 1" of sound insulation (very thick, tough, nasty foam stuff) to run my wires.