Restoring early gas gage

[firechief5215]

I have a early 28 gas gauge I need restored. It will probably need a new housing as the threads are buggered up, and the lettering redone maybe plated, I found in in a box from being restored 25 years ago and beings its early 28 would like to keep it

 

[Tom Wesenberg]

You can have the dial chrome plated if your's is bad, then just use black and red lacquer paint to repaint the letters. If your threads are bad and a thread file can't fix it, then you'll have to find another nut. The repro nut I tried years ago wouldn't screw in because the plating made it too tight.

 

[SteveB31]

All Model A gas gauges were not plated. They are polished Aluminum. The rings were nickle plated.

 

[Tom Wesenberg]

All Model A gas gauges were not plated. They are polished Aluminum. The rings were nickle plated.

Steve, I have an early 28 with the plated steel dial. I'll have to see if I can find it and take a picture. True, not ALL were plated, but I don't know if you meant NONE were plated?

 

[Tom Wesenberg]

After over an hour of using the search feature I finally found the pictures of the early fuel gauge with the thin steel plated number plate. See reply #4. In the first picture, it's the unit on the left.

http://www.fordbarn.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3696&highlight=early+gas+guage