John,
Unfortunatly ' sticking the wire back in won't do any good. If I've read your
message correctly, your temp gauge is the mechanical type, that uses a
'capillary tube'. Once that tube is broken, it must either be repaired by a
shop, or the whole gauge replaced. I'm not sure what they charge for repairing
the tube, and recalibrating the gauge, but something tells me, that you can
probably pick up a used working gauge much cheaper.
- Bryan Vandiver - 59 sprite
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>Hi,
> This weekend on a super-hot day, my water temperature gauge started moving
>toward Cold rather than Hot as time went on. Then it stopped working all
>together. I found that the wire (the one with the coil around it) had
>snapped right where it meets the radiator at this connection that come to a
>point that the wire sticks into. Do I need to replace the whole apparatus,
>or do I just need to stick the wire back in? I couldn't get the nut off the
>radiator with moderate pressure, so I figured I wouldn't play with it in
>care coolant went shooting everywhere.
>
>All help is greatly appreciated.
>
>John
>1975 Midget.
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