Try a replacement sending unit if you can temporarily borrow one. I had the
exact same symptoms last year and it turned out to me a malfunctioning
sending unit.
Cheers
Keith Stewart
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> From: SMatson802@aol.com
> To: spitfires@autox.team.net
> Subject: Erratic Temp gauge.
> Date: Friday, November 19, 1999 4:50 PM
>
>
> I have a '71 spitfire which just started some bizare temp readings.
Start
> up, reads cold and gradually comes up in temp reading. It then just
keeps
> going til it pegs. The engines is cool enough that I can put my hand on
the
> thermostat housing. The radiator is warm, so coolant is circulating.
What
> can be causing the temp to read so high.
> I checked the lead wire from the temp sending unit and it does not seem
to be
> shorted out on the engine end of things.
> Thanks in advance.
> Steve in Mass.
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