Date:         Mon, 21 Aug 2006 15:04:45 -0400
Reply-To:     Jeff Lincoln <magikvw@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Jeff Lincoln <magikvw@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Temp Guage
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It is Pegged Cold right now and doesn't move at all. I wonder if the darn
wire is even hooked up. The PO did some strange things after being hit in
the rear end - so the O2 sensor isn't hooked up right and I wonder if the
darn temp guage is hooked up. Where does that wire connect to the engine?

On 8/21/06, David Marshall <mailinglist@fastforward.ca> wrote:
>
> To the left... so it is pegged hot or pegged cold?
>
> If you remove the coolant wire from the engine, the needle should be
> pegged cold.  If you touch the wire to ground the needle should be pegged
> hot.  A 200ohm resistor between the wire and ground should result in a
> "warm" engine.
>
> I would do that test before swapping gauges.
>
>
> David Marshall
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, August 21, 2006 09:59, Jeff Lincoln wrote:
> > Ok folks. The temp guage in my 86' isn't working. I know that the
> > indicator
> > light works because it comes on before I start the bus - but the needle
> is
> > always far left. So what do I look for? Or do I just swap with the guage
> > cluster from my 85' GL?
> >
> > --
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Jeff
> >
>



--
Thanks,

Jeff