Ron Dame

That's a good idea!

I like the crows foot idea. My dizzy wrench is a box end, so I don't think it would work. But I have a new sender and gauge ans still observe this.

When I bought my Avanti last year, at 64,000 miles it had about 50 PSI on the road, hot, and about 30 at idle. Earlier this year, I noticed that the top pressure was about 40. I changed the oil and filter, and there was no change. Though I used to have a mechanical gauge for testing, I had installed it in another car and no longer have it. The cost of a new one was about the same as a new pressure sender, so I did the obvious and replaced the sender with a new Stewart Warner unit, but there was no significant change. One thing I did notice ( I think that maybe it did it before, maybe not) was that the needle ticked up several PSI at a time instead of moving smoothly. Still I had adequate pressure, so I put it on the back burner. I recently got a good buy on an NOS S/W gauge, thinking that maybe the needle was sticking. But there was only a modest change in pressure readings and no change in the needle action. As it is now, when I start, it takes a moment for the gauge to jump to 20, then in 5 lb increments to 35 cold idle.Then just starting to drive, it will jump to 42 PSI cold. Then I have the exact same pressures fully warmed up and the needle acts the same. As the pressure sender is such a pain to remove and replace, I'm hesitant to buy another mechanical gauge and see what it reads and how it acts. Is this normal activity for a Stewart Warner gauge? Or is there something odd in the engine?

Oh wow. I finally found one on fleaBay and itll be here tomoorw. thanks anyway!

1980 Avanti II. All I find new are either plastic bezels or chrome, or 100 PSI. If anyone is parting out an Avanti II with the electric gauge, please let me know

Thanks regnalbob!

Both of my vents appear to be non-functional, regardless of where the lever on the console is, the vents remain open and the hot air coming in quickly overcomes the air conditioner. I see nothing in the Avanti repair manual on where the flaps are, the cable routing, etc.. Who can give me some guidance? Thanks!

Thanks for the info! It's great to hear good things about vendors, and not just the bad things.