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Subject:RE: Temperature needle low: thermostat or sensor?
Date:Fri, 24 Jan 1997 20:06:04 +0100

I did have a problem with my temp indicator, sometimes I never even saw the
needle, sometimes it barely clumb to the white block. I replaced the
sensor. No luck. I pulled the dashboard to check the wiring, and found that
a connector "finger" had been bent by some (other) weekend mechanic. I
fixed that, and lo and behold, the temperature indicator started to behave,
_and_ the battery stopped going flat in two weeks. There was some weird
kind of back-current running.

Johan Nyberg, Sodertalje Sweden
'86 Caravelle C
'62 Wife
'85 Daughter
'87 Son
'88 Son
'91 Son
'93 Daughter

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