temp gauge not working..
 

temp gauge was working fine before i messed with it lol you know how thats go's :waah:


but did a tach/fuel gauge swap love it! works great all that works. everything is working fine but my temp gauge. what did i mess up on it. didnt touch anything on that side.. but what do i need to check to fix it? the wire going to the temp sender on the head is fine. wire is not burned up or cut.

give me a little help guys thanks :metal:


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truck is off btw oil psi is not that low running...

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Nice gauges. What year r they from? It would look perfect in my dad's 84 GMC 3500!

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Did you double check your connections? maybe your printed circuit has a bad spot??

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camero lots of moding. not a drop in fit.
that all looked good.


anyone know what kind of voltage or resistance ut should have in the prongs behind the gauge ?

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mine just went out to... crazy how that works..

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mine only works when the engine is warm ever since my printed circuit caught fire!

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Hope it's just the gauge itself, that would be easy enough to fix.

Love the clock... I have one in a box somewhere that I need to install.

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its unpluged it do work but it runs down the battery when it sits for a week. its set at 5o clock tho (: its 5o clock somewhere right? ;)

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Hey mine stopped working too, I think Im missing the wire that goes from the gauge to the sensor, is it just one wire? what do I need to replace it?

And at some point they must have had a tach in these trucks cause I saw one on ebay the other day it sold for like $80, and I think it said it was from a 76?

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They did it's a rare opation tho. Or on bigger c30 trucks.
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did you ever figure this out?

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nope. dont feel like pulling the dash out and get my voltmeter out lol ill do it with in a week

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If I am correct the sender is has an ohm resistance at a certain temperature. But I also dont know if the sender is PTC or NTC.

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is it possible the wire to the temp sender got burned, i looked under hood to find it on the header

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I believe if you ground the wire out on the frame, the gauge should peg. If that works, I would believe its the sensor thats gone bad

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wire is not burned up on the header. ill double check tho and try to ground it out.

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Here ya go man, this is how i fixed mine. I use to buy these at the local car quest. The company that use to sell them went out of busniess..i guess..i cant locate them with the old packaging.These really work, i have them in both my trucks
So i had one of the technicians at work check the resistor to see what kind it is so i can make more for myself in the future. Cuz this is my last one.
I was told you can buy them at a radio shack, then u can crimp the connectors.


This resistor works for oil, temp, and amp


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i can get gauges at the bone yard like nothing. if its a gauge thats a easy fix !

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Sorry still stuck on the tach thing, why can't you get a repop Tach anywhere, LMC and Classic parts don't sell them, but they sell every other one

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Repop of the camaro tach or the stock truck tach?
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Stock truck tach