Paul,
Good idea.
Just hook up a pot. when the car is cold and the engine hasn't been run.
Turn on the ignition, then slowly twiddle the pot. until the needle just start to move
off it's stop.
short out the wire to check it reads full scale.
Measure the resistance and solder a resistor into the sender wire.
Be a bit more confident sitting in traffic
Regards,
Nick
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From: "Paul W. J. Stanley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 00:38:00 +1000
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Temperature Senders
The guy at Cheapa Auto Spares sold me a new shiney one for about $9 but I
think I got the wrong one...also no needle movement, but earthing makes it
swing over into "cook". Maybe if I got a variable resistor and figured out
how much resistance/current is needed to get the needle to point to where it
should for operating temperature, then check what resistance the sender is
at...
----- Original Message -----
From: Terry Rudd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2001 11:35 PM
Subject: RE: Temperature Senders
> Nick/Bruce,
>
> Bruce wrote:
> I had the same problem and after doing exactly what
> you have done, didn't get a result, but replacing the
> sender with the type that is supposed to be fitted ex
> factory, ended up working like a dream. They can be
> difficult to replace but I think the Stanza one is
> like the 1600 one ???? A threaded collar is used to
> seat the factory one into the housing.
>
> [Stanzas used at least two different ones, the SSS VDO gauges use a sender
> that has the thread on the sender (all one piece) and the other sort is
the
> standard collar type like a 1600, these could be Niles gauges but don't
> quote me on that.]
>
> Interestingly I have a similar problem with my fuel
> guage ... full = half. I have replaced the sender and
> dash units but to no avail, I would really like a fix
> on this if anyone has any ideas ???
>
> [Bruce.
> When you say you replaced the dash units, did you just replace just the
fuel
> gauge or the whole temp/fuel unit or even use a complete spare dash. If
you
> did the latter, then you have a tricky problem but if you didn't it could
be
> the stabiliser unit as each gauge is connected independently to each side
of
> it i.e. it's possible for one gauge to be working and the other not with a
> stuffed stabiliser.]
>
> regards
> Terry
>
> Regards
>
> Bruce
>
>
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