Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2017 06:54:27 -0700
Reply-To: Dan Lamb <vanagongramps@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Dan Lamb <vanagongramps@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: gowesty foil replacement issue
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The "Blinking red light of death" as someone so aptly called it before me, was intermittent from the first day I bought this van. It would often blink normally, then act up for a while, then normal again. I drove it for years that way, multiple trips from Seattle area to SoCal and back. Temp needle was fine, just couldn't trust the red light. It never stayed on constant, always blinking, very annoying and disconcerting! I know some have put tape over it so as not to see it! I think you can replace a capacitor or something in the gauge, but I'm not an electronics wizz so I replaced the whole gauge. Now it works just as described in the GoWesty library including blinking at 7/8 gauge temp when pulling our little camp trailer up a steep grade in the Unitas Mountains of NE Utah this June! Pulled off the road, let cool a bit and went a couple hundred yards to some BLM land and camped there for the night. All well next morning. Very nice.
Dan
89 Country Homes Camper, the Huckleberry Sky
> On Aug 6, 2017, at 4:03 AM, Thomas Casal <thomas.casal@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
> Thanks for responding dan. So when your temp gauge went on the fritz the
> empty coolant blinker stayed on all the time? Mine reads the proper
> temperature. Peace tom
>
>> On Aug 5, 2017 7:30 PM, "Dan Lamb" <mopargramps@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> May not be the foil. I had to replace the gauge itself. Took cluster
>> out, removed the tach and replaced the gauge with a new one from Van Cafe.
>> New sender in thermostat housing just in case. All well now. Didn't want
>> to risk removing the tach needle, so squeezed out old one and in new one
>> with needle in place. High pucker factor there:)
>>
>> Dan Lamb
>>
>> 89 Country Homes Camper the Huckleberry Sky
>>
>>
>> On Saturday, August 5, 2017, 4:21:55 PM PDT, Thomas Casal <
>> thomas.casal@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Hello All,
>>
>> I had the bright idea of replacing my old instrument cluster foil with the
>> gowesty circuit board and wires. All went smoothly changed all the wires
>> over without a hitch but now the blinker wont shut off on my temp gauge.
>> all other gauges are functioning properly. Any one have any idea how to
>> fix it? peace tom
>>
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