One way to do a quick check on the gauge is to ground the sender wire. The
gauge should go to full
hot.
How good is the ground for the sender unit?
Lutepisk@aol.com wrote:
> Howdy, Folks.
>
> I had a great move from Issaquah, WA to Portsmouth, NH, and my little red
> wonder car is experiencing more top-down days than I ever thought possible as
> a western Washingtonian! It gets a lot of curious looks here, too, since
> there are so few in this area. Of course it's going in the garage at the
> first application of salt on the roads, but that's another story.
>
> Here's the requisite roadster content: the movement of my temp needle is
> barely perceptible (like, it might rise from the "2" of "120" to the "0" of
> "120").
>
> Here's what I've done:
> - new temp sender (thanks, Ross)
> - new connector and clean, tight contact on sender end
> - cleaned and tightened connector on gauge end
>
> Is there anything else I may be missing, or is the temp part of my instrument
> gauge shot?
>
> Otherwise thoroughly enjoying the eastern seacoast, with my daughter and my
> wonderful new wife,
>
> -John
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> John Stromgren
> 70 Datsun 2000
> Portsmouth, NH
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