It's probably not as bad as you fear. The early 'coolant low level
control unit' pegs the temp needle on the hot end just because the
coolant level in the tank is a little low. The later version just blinks
the led to warn you that the coolant is low but leaves the temp gauge
reading the temp as it really is. The system holds 4 gallons so it is no
disaster if it gets a quart or 2 low and the led blinks.

Mark

> Chris ALmida wrote:
>
> Well the wife called about two hours ago to announce that she was
> stranded in our 84 Westy and there was coolant everywhere......
> So I took said connector
> disconnected the hoses from the heater and connected them together.
> This allowed me to start up the Westy , turn it around and then coast
> it all the way down the hill (5 miles) the temp gauge was buried to
> the right and the coolant level light was flashing so I ran the engine
> as little as possible from the bottom of the hill to a gas station
> about half a mile up the road.  ....