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01-10-2005, 12:10 PM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: SF Bay Area,
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Cobra Make, Engine: SPF, Roush 427R
Posts: 783
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foggy tachometer
Would it be normal for my Smith's tachometer to fog up?
I garage my car (garage is around 60 and I keep a soft cover over it) but when I take the car out in the cold (35-45 degrees) the tach fogs up. So far there does not seem to be a problem but I would rather nip it in the bud especially while it is still under SPF warranty. This occurred even before the heavy rains we have had. The fog seems to clear after I drive it and the outside air warms up but I just haven't put many miles on recently.
Thoughts?
Tom
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01-10-2005, 12:57 PM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Shasta Lake,
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Tom,
I don't have Smith's gauges but mine doesn't fog up at all. I had mine out the other evening. It was 34 degrees and I ran it until I got all the oil and water up to temp then put it back in the garage as I was just to cold. It seems if the tach does it and that is normal for your gauges, the rest would also do it.
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01-10-2005, 01:28 PM
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Join Date: May 2002
Location: SF, Bay Area,
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Cobra Make, Engine: SPF832, 466cid
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Tom,
Normal.
curtis
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01-10-2005, 02:16 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Dacula, (Atlanta),
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Cobra Make, Engine: Unique 427 SC, Southern Automotive 427W Stroker
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My SW gauges fog up once in a while (different gauges at different times). I don't know the fix (if there is one) but it's probably too painful to endure. Nothing worked in the cars I drove in the '60s, so I just chaulk it up to "period correctness".
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After a good hard ride.....oil pressure is over 50, temp is below 190, she idles and no new dents. LIFE IS GOOD!
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01-11-2005, 10:10 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Planet Mercury,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Cobra-less for now..
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Tom
Check Curtis for the right answer.
You cannot fix English stuff, that is why they have such an enormous market penetration here. The only good English cars are on a race track and even the Fiat that Schumacher drives beats them......
Mulv
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01-11-2005, 02:05 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Northern California,
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Cobra Make, Engine: -Sold- Contemporary 427S/C # CCX-3152 1966 427 Med Rise Side Oiler, 8v 3.54:1 Salisbury IRS, Koni's.. (Now I'm riding Harleys)
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yes, use a hair drier to clear it.
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michael
A man that is young in years, may be old in hours, if he have lost no time. But that happeneth rarely. Generally, youth is like the first cogitations, not so wise as the second. For there is a youth in thoughts, as well as in ages... Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626)
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01-11-2005, 03:21 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Flower Mound, TX,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Lonestar LS 427, Keith Craft 501,Toploader
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Tom, I have Classic instraments and my tach fogs in cool weather also. I thought it may be because I didn't have any vents in the dash to let the warm air out.
Tim
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01-11-2005, 06:54 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Northern California,
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Cobra Make, Engine: -Sold- Contemporary 427S/C # CCX-3152 1966 427 Med Rise Side Oiler, 8v 3.54:1 Salisbury IRS, Koni's.. (Now I'm riding Harleys)
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It has more to do with temp. dewpoint and condensation. All of which happen all around you all the time. It's the thing that happened when you were 16 and learned where the best places to "park" were, just on a larger scale.
In modern automobiles and some not so modern the heather and even a defroster make it a non issue. Different climates get it at different times of the year.
If it annoys you install a working heater / ventalation system. in your car. Driving with the lights on will stop it in all most all instances provided you have lighted gauges.
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michael
A man that is young in years, may be old in hours, if he have lost no time. But that happeneth rarely. Generally, youth is like the first cogitations, not so wise as the second. For there is a youth in thoughts, as well as in ages... Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626)
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