The Ford Barn

rocket1 · 08-07-2014, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by KGBnut

Did the original glass magnify? That's news to me.

I just rebuilt mine, and have no reason to believe that it had been tampered with before... I had to get through 84 years of stubbornness to get it apart. And, I don't think that the glass was a magnifier.

rebuilt two 29 gas gauges,both glass lenses had a bubble that magnified,I assumed they were factory,could be wrong.

Tom Wesenberg · 08-07-2014, 06:58 PM

As mentioned, the early A's had a magnifying lens. You'll have to check the standards to see when they changed to flat glass. I always use the original glass and face plate, but use the new cork gaskets and neoprene float. My gauge still has the cork float I installed about 15 years ago, and it's still doing fine.

08-07-2014, 06:58 PM	#22
Tom Wesenberg Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Mpls, MN Posts: 27,582	Re: Question on gas gauge replacement As mentioned, the early A's had a magnifying lens. You'll have to check the standards to see when they changed to flat glass. I always use the original glass and face plate, but use the new cork gaskets and neoprene float. My gauge still has the cork float I installed about 15 years ago, and it's still doing fine.