Look closely at the center of the temp gauge and you should see two small
dimples. My understanding is that they were used for calibrating the on/off
state of the fans from the factory.
Mike
'79B
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eugene Balinski" <eugeneb@nni.com>
To: <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, June 19, 2006 10:47 PM
Subject: Late B fan thermostat and temp
> All,
>
> After years of having the electric fans run almost
> continuously in my 80 B, I replaced the fan thermostat with
> a Moss unit. Now the fan comes on and off in what appears
> to be a normal manner.
>
> Here is the rub. When the fans ran continuously, the
> temperature gauge showed about 1 needle width towards the
> cool side (C) and never made it past the mid point even hot
> weather. In fact there were cool days that it only made it
> about 1/3 of the way over.
>
> Now with the new fan thermostat, the gauge is showing
> straight up between C & H, and is actually now 1 needle
> width towards the H. This was on a relatively cool night
> (70s) This concerns me as I am not used to seeing it there.
>
>
> Is this now normal or do I have air trapped in the
> cooling system ? Am I finally seeing the correct
> temperature ? Late B owners, can you comment ?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Gene
>
> 80 B
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