[TR] Temp gauge failure

tr6parts at charter.net tr6parts at charter.net
Mon Sep 8 16:41:07 MDT 2008


I would check (replace) the temperature sensor before I messed with the guage.

al

---- Joe Merone <jmerone at rocketmail.com> wrote: 
> The temperature gauge on my TR6 is the one instrument that has worked without
> much deviation or any failure for years - until now.  The normal operating
> temperature usually reads slightly below the 1/2 mark, but for the past week
> it wouldn't go up over the 1/4 mark.  Now nothing - it won't budge off the
> bottom.  I've fiddled around behind the dash to make sure that everything is
> connected, and traced the wire up to the sensor near the thermostat.  I think
> that it all seems where it's supposed to be.  Any ideas?  Do these things just
> die?  I did replace the voltage stabilizer last year when it was on the fritz,
> but don't know if there's any connection.
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Joe Merone
> South Burlington, VT
> CF18928
> 
> Just back from The Glen
> 4 nights with the wife
> in a tent!
> 850 miles r/t 


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