Re: hph's 55 Clipper Project
Posted by HH56 On 2023/12/24 10:54:17
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In a similar vein, I am delighted that the oil light comes on as soon as there is a devastating problem and I don't have to be alerted by a rod knock because I was entranced by the scenery while the oil filter gasket blew out.
A few years ago an oil pressure issue happened to another poster on the forum who came up with a really decent solution. His project details might still be found by doing a search if someone had a cluster out for another reason and wanted to do this to their car.
Don't remember the year other than I think prewar but he was driving and didn't notice an oil pressure issue until too late. He then decided to add a warning or idiot light but in order to keep the stock appearance and not have any added lights visible used red LEDs buried inside the cluster and below the visible part of the gauge. At a glance the car appears completely stock but when the idiot light is on the entire visible gauge face glows red. Even at night with instrument lights on the red gauge face still is visible enough to see and provide an early warning.
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