Date:         Thu, 22 Aug 2002 16:28:02 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Water Level Probe (inside tank) for a 91 wanted
Comments: To: sanford schulwolf <sanfordachulwolf@yahoo.com>
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At 04:16 PM 8/22/2002, sanford schulwolf wrote:
>Hi David,
>
>Thanks for the information.  Question if I may?  When
>you say "clean the pins"  what does this mean?  Do you
>mean the wire connections or something inside the
>probe?  Mine isn't leaking.

Ah Ha!  Suddenly I think you're talking about the level sender in the
late-model Westy freshwater tank, not the one in the coolant expansion tank.

If so, that's a whole different animal.  Those cost I think $50 from Bus
Depot and the same or more from whatever Delta Six is calling itself now
(they made/make them).

If it's not working, it's one of two things:  either it got bent and
stretched one of the internal wires too much (doesn't take much bend) or it
got a drop of water inside, usually through the top which isn't well enough
sealed.  If it starts with one light when you turn on the panel, then
shifts to a different one in a few minutes, it's water inside.  One drop is
enough.

Take a cruise through the archives with my name and some variation on
"water level sender" and you'll find a long explanation of how you might
(or I might) fix it.  Basically, cut it apart, replace the busted reed
switch or dry out the circuit board by soaking in 91% isopropyl alcohol or
190-proof ethyl, put it back together and seal the bejasus out of it.  And
then be real careful with it.  Removing it from the tank when tank cleaning
is not excessive caution.

cheers
david


>Thanks,
>sanford
>
>
>--- David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote:
> > New ones are cheap from Bus Depot and the like, and
> > if yours isn't leaking
> > you can clean the pins with sandpaper...
> >
> > david
> >
> > At 02:41 PM 8/22/2002, sanford schulwolf wrote:
> > >Hello,
> > >
> > >Does anyone of an extra water level probe in their
> > >spare parts bend? If so I'm a buyer in need.
> >
> > --
> > David Beierl - Providence RI USA
> > '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
> > '85 GL "Poor Relation"
> >
>
>
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