wheeler Posted June 21, 2004 Report Share Posted June 21, 2004 Could someone with a CR series TR6 please confirm the correct layout of the small instruments (the type which have needles pointing up). I am reassembling the dashboard after a complete restoration of a stripped basket case 6 so did not see original layout. I took photos of 'CR' type dashboards at Gaydon a couple of weeks ago and they all had different layouts. Moss/Rimmer catalogues show left to right voltmeter, oil pressure, fuel and temp. is this correct? The TR6 on display in the Museum at Gaydon also had this layout. Many thanks for your help. Bill Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tim_trinda Posted June 22, 2004 Report Share Posted June 22, 2004 Bill My CR also has that layout - with the temp gauge obscured by the steering wheel! =========== Tim Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest simonwtaylor Posted June 22, 2004 Report Share Posted June 22, 2004 My (74 CR) voltmeter and temp gauge are transposed so I have permanent line of sight of the temp gauge, it may not be original but in order of preference left to right, surely Temp, Oil pressure, Fuel and Volts makes the best sense! I guess it comes down to useability versus originality. :laugh: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rex Wyer Posted June 22, 2004 Report Share Posted June 22, 2004 Bill, my 6 has temp, oil, fuel, volts. as simon says it means you can always see the most important guages easily Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wheeler Posted June 22, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2004 Thanks Guys It makes good sense to swap volts and temp gauges. It's obvious now why the cars at Gaydon had this layout. Thanks again Bill Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonlar Posted June 27, 2004 Report Share Posted June 27, 2004 I've just been looking at my TR6 handbook, which I thought was right for my CR, but the needles point down, which is CP series. The minor instruments are in the same order left to right for both LHD and RHD cars : lower left is Temp., upper left centre is Oil Pressure, upper right centre is Fuel, lower right is Ammeter. In my genuine original handbook, the needles point upwards (proper CR layout), LHD order is shown as lower left is Temp., upper left is Oil Pressure, upper right is Fuel, lower right is Voltmeter/Battery Condition. RHD order is shown as lower left is Voltmeter/Battery Condition, upper left is Oil Pressure, upper right is Fuel, lower right is Temp.. In both LHD and RHD, the speedo is the outer, tacho inner. Just for info., just had the covers off our 6 which is CR1548-O, RHD home market (from Heritage Cert.), and the lower left is Temp., and lower right Voltmeter. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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