Howdy,

Well I made one of those embarrassing and expensive mistakes that I would
rather keep to myself, but in the hopes of correcting the mistake I am going
to share it with the list.  I purchased a brand spanking new cylinder head
temp gauge from Bus Depot for my new Boston Bob engine in my AC 82 Westy.
Well, I didn't pay enough attention to the wiring diagram and ran power and
ground to the two connections on the gauge for the sender.  The needle
immediately maxed out and the sender started smoking.  Now when I connect it
up properly (no power to sender circuit, only to the lights on the gauge)
the gauge doesn't do anything.  Is there any way to tell if

1. the sender is bad
2. the gauge is bad
3. both are shot

I hate it when I make stupid mistakes!

Cheers,
Jake

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf Of
Higginbotham, David A.
Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2005 2:16 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: 82 Aircooled Temp II sensor ohm's

Not to be exceedingly dense but how do I determine if there is a vacuum
leak? I'm not really sure which lines are vacuum and which are not. 

Does any of our list vendors sell some kind of kit to replace all these
27 year old plastics?

David H

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Date:    Tue, 28 Jun 2005 10:37:44 -0400
From:    Wil Haslup <wil@CHARMFX.COM>
Subject: Re: 82 Aircooled Temp II sensor ohm's

Wil Haslup wrote:
<<<
Just MHO but I've found starting problems like this are more often
related to vacuum.  Specifically I found at least one leak where the
clamp a previous owner put on to hold the rubber fitting cut into it and
it was nearly impossible to notice without removing the clamp.
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