Date: Wed, 9 May 2012 08:44:44 -0700
Reply-To: Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Temp Gauge -- why did this happen?
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Yeah, I don't know who that David "Bereil" fellow is. Probably related
to the various poeple who pose as me but invariably drop either an "l"
or a "t," or both, from my last name.
On 05/08/2012 08:12 PM, David Beierl wrote:
> [The gauge was] was reading the output of that crappy old
> coolant-level controller that sends a continuous instead of pulsed
> overheat signal to the gauge. Get one of the newer square ones,
> you'll be glad. The light will blink for low level in the pressure
> bottle, but the needle won't move appreciably.
And I bet the controller lives buried deep within the dash. The very
dash that I pulled and re-installed this weekend and said I would
/never/ do again without a really good reason. No sir, I ain't gonna do
it. Besides, I bet a blinker light PLUS a skyrocketing gauge will
increase the odds I will spot it.
And, darn, wouldn't you know it, I forgot to install the modified gauge
you built for me with the buzzer connections. Sigh. Well, pulling the
instrument cluster isn't nearly as difficult as the dash.
--
Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
Bend, Ore.
1984 Westfalia. A poor but proud people.
1971 "Ladybug"-brand utility trailer ca. 1972 from a defunct company in
San Clemente, Calif., now repurposed as The Westrailia.
On 05/08/2012 08:12 PM, David Beierl wrote:
> At 10:52 PM 5/8/2012, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
>> Within a few moments the temp gauge started climbing. Obviously the
>> engine, which had been on for fewer than 15 seconds, was overheating.
>>
>> So what was the gauge reading?
>
> It was reading the output of that crappy old coolant-level controller
> that sends a continuous instead of pulsed overheat signal to the gauge.
> Get one of the newer square ones, you'll be glad. The light will blink
> for low level in the pressure bottle, but the needle won't move
> appreciably.
>
>> Suggestions from anyone other than David Bereil are welcome. He told me
>> to test the new radiator by jamming a screwdriver through the coils. I'm
>> not sure I can trust him any more.
>
> Wonder who dat guy is? What a maroon! Funny, his name is somewhat
> similar to mine (Beierl, means clodhopper er, ah, Bavaria in
> plattdeutsch). I did mention a screwdriver in connection with the new
> radiator but that was an installation step, not for testing. For testing
> I always say you can't beat a crossbow.
>
> Yr obdt et cetera et cetera,
> Skimbleshanks
>
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