| When you test a gauge like that, make sure you suspend the sensor in 
water and don't let it touch the bottom of the pot ... you probably 
already knew that, but I thought it worth posting.
Alan
http://AlanHorvath.com/54chevy/
Patrick Sackrider wrote:
> I'm currently in the tear down phase.  I took the gauges out and 
> thought I'd check out whether or not the temperature gauge works.  The 
> lowest it seems to read is 140, I put it into hot water and it went to 
> 220 which
> matched my thermometer (bonus).  Question is why won't it go lower 
> than 140 (the face shows it will go to 100) and is there some way to 
> adjust it?
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