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Subject:Re: '85 Oil Light/Thermostat Questions
From:Mike S
Date:Sun, 14 Jan 2007 07:16:41 -0500

At 06:58 PM 1/13/2007, craig cowan wrote...
>Hello. I have had intermitant problems with with the dash oil light on
>my '85. It used to show up dimley off an on....never full. Today i
>started it up (after some reassembly) and the light was on and bright.
>Solution?
>
>I also have temperature guage issues. It used to work....would always
>be within the "good zone". But today (and recently), no matter how
>long it warms up for, theres no change in temperature as indicated on
>the guage.

Oil: sounds like the sensor wire might be rubbing/pinched, worn through
the insulation, and shorting to ground. Or, you have an oil problem.
Temp: connection came off, wire broke?

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