RO Posted January 17, 2002 Share Posted January 17, 2002 Keith emailed me about an interesting item on ebay which looks like it may be a brake fluid "gauge" for the 1951-54 Packards. That reminded of the TMFLI. Anyone ever hear of the TMFLI?<P>The TMFLI was an early 1970s device that was a Transmission Fluid Level Indicator. I had one on my '68 Charger for a year or two, but the engineering was not good enough for longetivity. An outfit down in Orlando installed them for about $49 or so. but I just bought it for about half that and installed it myself. Rather clever. How it operated was you stuck a piece of transparent vacuum hose down the tranny dipstick to the bottom and the other end clamped to the underside if a fluid reservior. Then the top of the reservoir had a vacuum hose that ran to a vacuum source. You start the engine, it sucks up a pint of fluid and turns off a red light on the dash. You never had to check the fluid. Problem was the reservior was plastic and the fittings were plastic and would leak. There was also a similar oil level indicator that came out later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John N. Packard Posted January 17, 2002 Share Posted January 17, 2002 RO,<BR> The principle that you describe is what Packard used for its gas gauge in the late 20s.<P>jnp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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