Hello Mike,

My temperature gauge gave up too a while back. Turned out to be a broken
wire for the temperature sender.  Perhaps the 'dingbat' forgot to connect or
damaged the wires that plug into your temperature sender.  There are two
wires attached to it, a brown and a yellow/red wire. The temperature sender
is located on your thermostat housing, which is where he would be doing his
fiddling. You will see the housing as a black contraption, front left of the
engine and a little below, with a few hoses connected to it. (looking into
the engine bay from the rear)
You need to get underneath to get a real good look at it. Should have a
small rubber boot on it.
(Bentley 19.11)

Good luck

Ken Madsen
87GL
87 Golf Diesel
95 Jetta GLX

----- Original Message -----
From: "mike barker" <mariner4@SNET.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, December 16, 1999 9:38 PM
Subject: cooling system woes

> Well, the 'ole waterpump gave up the ghost yesterday releiving the system
of
> all coolant.  Got it replaced (not my regular guy-this happened on the
road)
> and $600 later my temp gauge is not registering.  Like any good Vanagon
> driver I watch the temp gauge more than the road and am feeling lost now.
> What did this dingbat do (or forget to do?) Thanks for any help.
> -Mike