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Subject:Re: Temp Guage
From:David Marshall
Date:Mon, 21 Aug 2006 12:02:12 -0700

To the left... so it is pegged hot or pegged cold?

If you
remove the coolant wire from the engine, the needle should be pegged
cold.  If you touch the wire to ground the needle should be pegged
hot.  A 200ohm resistor between the wire and ground should result in
a "warm" engine.

I would do that test before swapping
gauges.

David Marshall

On Mon, August
21, 2006 09:59, Jeff Lincoln wrote:
> Ok folks. The temp guage in
my 86' isn't working. I know that the
> indicator
> light
works because it comes on before I start the bus - but the needle is
> always far left. So what do I look for? Or do I just swap with the
guage
> cluster from my 85' GL?
>
> --
>
Thanks,
>
> Jeff
>