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Subject:Re: temp gauge shenanagins
From:David Beierl
Date:Sun, 8 Jan 2012 21:51:48 -0500

At 06:11 PM 1/8/2012, Mike Miller wrote:
>Now red light blinks all the time but the needle is behaving, for the
>time being at least.

If you have the old-style controller (twice as tall as wide) then you
need to replace or have replaced the capacitor inside the temp
gauge.  If you have the new-style controller then you still have
differential diagnosis to do.  You still haven't said what year this
beast is, or did I miss that?  If it's '85- the controller is on the
left sidewall above and forward of the fuse/relay panel, probably
visible with some difficulty through the instrument panel
opening.  If it's '86+ the controller is third from the left in the
top row of the fuse/relay panel.  Either way it has 42 or 43 painted on it.

Yrs,
d