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1. Water Temp Gauge Broke (score: 1): Author: "John C. Gottstein" <gottstein@erols.com>; Date: Wed, 4 Aug 1999 11:36:59 -0400; 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; /html/spridgets/1999-08/msg00076.html (8,352 bytes)
2. RE: Water Temp Gauge Broke (score: 1): Author: "Hanna, Mark" <mhanna@ball.com>; Date: Wed, 4 Aug 1999 09:52:27 -0600; That " wire with a coil around it " ain't a wire at all . It's a capillary tube . I believe it was filled with alcohol . The alcohol expands when it gets hot and causes a mechanism inside the gauge; /html/spridgets/1999-08/msg00077.html (9,679 bytes)
3. Re: Water Temp Gauge Broke (score: 1): Author: Bryan Vandiver <Bryan.Vandiver@Eng.Sun.COM>; Date: Wed, 4 Aug 1999 09:12:04 -0700 (PDT); 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 mu; /html/spridgets/1999-08/msg00081.html (9,534 bytes)
4. Re: Water Temp Gauge Broke (score: 1): Author: Ajhsys@aol.com; Date: Wed, 4 Aug 1999 13:00:52 EDT; << 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 th; /html/spridgets/1999-08/msg00084.html (9,015 bytes)
5. Re: Water Temp Gauge Broke (score: 1): Author: Ajhsys@aol.com; Date: Wed, 4 Aug 1999 13:06:15 EDT; << 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. >> - - - - - - - - - - -; /html/spridgets/1999-08/msg00085.html (9,225 bytes)
6. Re: Water Temp Gauge Broke (score: 1): Author: "J. Adrian Barnes" <adrian@workgroup.net>; Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 13:37:24 -0400; I think (but not sure) that the '78's and beyond had a wire instead of a capillary tube. Not sure how to do the swap, but since mine is also bad, I'd be interested to know how as well. adrian -- -- J; /html/spridgets/1999-08/msg00089.html (10,417 bytes)
7. Re: Water Temp Gauge Broke (score: 1): Author: Gerard Chateauvieux <pixelsmith@gerardsgarage.com>; Date: Wed, 4 Aug 1999 10:52:30 -0700; If yours is original, that must have been the last year that hed them. I just picked up a complete dash & instruments from a '78 and it has an electrical water temp guage with a sending unit. Summit; /html/spridgets/1999-08/msg00090.html (9,804 bytes)
8. Re: Water Temp Gauge Broke (score: 1): Author: Gerard Chateauvieux <pixelsmith@gerardsgarage.com>; Date: Wed, 4 Aug 1999 11:06:49 -0700; The guage in the '78 is water temp. only, hot -- cold, no temp. readings. No combo oil gauage, just an idiot light for oil pressure. I guess this was really for the American market of the late '70's; /html/spridgets/1999-08/msg00091.html (11,753 bytes)
9. Re: Water Temp Gauge Broke (score: 1): Author: Herb_Goede@amsinc.com; Date: Wed, 4 Aug 1999 12:25:40 -0600; I think the answer is that all spridgets use a dual gauge (water temp oil pressure) with capilary tube. My bugeye does as does my '77 midget. Is it safe to say that the ones in between do too? Herb; /html/spridgets/1999-08/msg00092.html (8,819 bytes)
10. Re: Water Temp Gauge Broke (score: 1): Author: Bryan Vandiver <Bryan.Vandiver@Eng.Sun.COM>; Date: Wed, 4 Aug 1999 11:22:51 -0700 (PDT); a 'brand-new' dual gauge just went last night on ebay for $76 (Moss $142 I got out-bid by $1 (gee, I hate that!) BTW - there are several Sprite items out there this week (verify before you buy, it ap; /html/spridgets/1999-08/msg00093.html (10,285 bytes)
11. Re: Water Temp Gauge Broke (score: 1): Author: Ajhsys@aol.com; Date: Wed, 4 Aug 1999 15:07:25 EDT; << I think (but not sure) that the '78's and beyond had a wire instead of a capillary tube. Not sure how to do the swap, but since mine is also bad, I'd be interested to know how as well. >> - - - -; /html/spridgets/1999-08/msg00095.html (9,343 bytes)
12. Re: Water Temp Gauge Broke (score: 1): Author: "Larry & Sandi Miller" <millerls@ado13.com>; Date: Wed, 4 Aug 1999 12:12:05 -0700; Not sure but I think that the 77 was the last to use the combo gauge. Larry Miller it; /html/spridgets/1999-08/msg00096.html (9,724 bytes)
13. Re: Water Temp Gauge Broke (score: 1): Author: "J. Adrian Barnes" <adrian@workgroup.net>; Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 15:13:02 -0400; I must admit I do have a working gauge from my project car. It is currently plugged into the freebie car and coiled up in the engine bay. I won't drive like that, but it's good for working in the dri; /html/spridgets/1999-08/msg00097.html (10,630 bytes)
14. Re: Water Temp Gauge Broke (score: 1): Author: Ajhsys@aol.com; Date: Wed, 4 Aug 1999 15:22:24 EDT; << I think the answer is that all spridgets use a dual gauge (water temp oil pressure) with capilary tube. My bugeye does as does my '77 midget. Is it safe to say that the ones in between do too? >>; /html/spridgets/1999-08/msg00098.html (9,754 bytes)
15. Re: Water Temp Gauge Broke (score: 1): Author: Jeff Boatright <jboatri@emory.edu>; Date: Wed, 4 Aug 1999 16:07:10 -0400; Export (US spec) Don't forget: Export or home market? Jeffrey H. Boatright, PhD Senior Editor, Molecular Vision http://www.molvis.org/molvis Mailto:jboatri@emory.edu 404-778-4113; /html/spridgets/1999-08/msg00100.html (9,427 bytes)
16. Re: Water Temp Gauge Broke (score: 1): Author: Lancer7676@aol.com; Date: Wed, 4 Aug 1999 19:03:38 EDT; << The only problem with a used gauge is that you can't tell by looking at it whether the capillary tube has been evacuated. >> Cant you stick the working end (the radiator end) in a pot of boiling w; /html/spridgets/1999-08/msg00109.html (9,357 bytes)
17. Re: Water Temp Gauge Broke (score: 1): Author: Lancer7676@aol.com; Date: Wed, 4 Aug 1999 19:07:57 EDT; << I think the answer is that all spridgets use a dual gauge (water temp oil pressure) with capilary tube. >> No Herb--my '79 Spridet (Midget) has the singular guage with C--H and the idiot light for; /html/spridgets/1999-08/msg00110.html (9,148 bytes)
18. Re: Water Temp Gauge Broke (score: 1): Author: Lancer7676@aol.com; Date: Wed, 4 Aug 1999 19:09:43 EDT; << I wonder if you can fill the capillary tube with a single malt whisky? >> Allen--I guess you could but then it would be subject to being stolen. Your insurance rates would go up. --David; /html/spridgets/1999-08/msg00111.html (9,122 bytes)
19. Re: Water Temp Gauge Broke (score: 1): Author: JustBrits@aol.com; Date: Wed, 4 Aug 1999 20:11:10 EDT; << I wonder if you can fill the capillary tube with a single malt whisky? No Allen, you should us "Lite Beer fron Miller" as it would not Over Fill, contain less calories, and taste..................; /html/spridgets/1999-08/msg00113.html (8,954 bytes)
20. Re: Water Temp Gauge Broke (score: 1): Author: Ajhsys@aol.com; Date: Wed, 4 Aug 1999 20:14:41 EDT; << Cant you stick the working end (the radiator end) in a pot of boiling water and see if the temp guage rises to 212 degrees to tell whether the cap tube has been evaced? >> - - - - - - - - - - - -; /html/spridgets/1999-08/msg00115.html (9,251 bytes)

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