06-14-2010, 03:20 PM | #1 |
Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: kansas
Posts: 16
|
temp gauge prob
my temp guage started acting up last week. the gauge went full hot. so i replaced the sending unit in the head, no change. I disconnected the electrical wire to sender, and the gauged dropped to the middle. i then pulled the gauge cluster and ran new wire from sender to gauge, and again gauge went full hot. I assume the prob is the gauge itself, is that correct? can i fix the gauge by itself or do i need a whole new cluster?
thanks matt |
06-14-2010, 03:40 PM | #2 |
Getting Old; Going Broke
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Owasso OK
Posts: 2,764
|
Re: temp gauge prob
Each gauge is separate.
|
06-14-2010, 10:28 PM | #3 |
Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: East Central Illinois
Posts: 511
|
Re: temp gauge prob
Went through a similar time a couple of months ago. Finally replaced the oem electrical gauge with a mechanical one.
Yet if I knew then what I know now I would have started with one of these or one like it. http://www.stu-offroad.com/prodrev/thermo/thermo-1.htm Now I have one in the tool box after that experience! Mark
__________________
1985 Chevy C-30 Hydraulic Dump Bed 2001 Saturn SC2 (go to work car) 2010 PT Cruiser (wife's car) "Reality is just a hallucination brought on by lack of alcohol." |
06-16-2010, 09:55 AM | #4 |
Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: kansas
Posts: 16
|
Re: temp gauge prob
yup, got one of those already, and they do come in handy ruralroute
where do i buy a stock new stock gauge, or is this a junkyard item? i check with AZ, oriellys, etc no luck. thanks matt |
06-16-2010, 10:11 AM | #5 |
Getting Old; Going Broke
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Owasso OK
Posts: 2,764
|
Re: temp gauge prob
classicparts.com or lmctruck.com would have it. We probably have some vendors here on the forums who have them as well.
|
Bookmarks |
|
|