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[tennlaw]

Working on my 1959 TR-3A, and it looks like my tach and speedo need to be rebuilt.

I searched the archives, and folks have mentioned Nisonger Instruments in the past. Are they still good? Does anyone have other suggestions?

BTW, on rebuilt gauges, do the dials/faces look so good they make the other non-rebuilt gauges look bad?

Thanks in advance,

Rob

[charley fitch]

I recently had a tach and speedo rebuilt.  The tach was done by palo Alto Speedometer in California as was the speedo.  The tachometer came back and is working great.  I needed the speeedometer not only rebuilt but I needed the gears changed as I changed the rear axle ratio in the car.  Palo Alto was unable to convert the the speedo as they apparently are NOT a Smith /Jaeger shop.  However Nisongers appears to be a Smiths /Jaeger representative.  They converted the speedometer and calibrated it and it cost less than Palo Alto.

I will go back to Nisongers on any future work. I do not know how to answer the question about the rebuilt gauges looking that much better than the unrebuilt ones.  I figure that a rebuilt guage should look very good.  My other gauges are what they are and don't look new but I don't see a dramatic difference between the rebuilt and non rebuilt ones.
Charley Fitch