So far, everyone has given good advice. One thing that hasn't been
mentioned yet is to replace the voltage regulator that is on the back of
the speedo. I had a similar problem on my GT6, and after I changed
*everything* and still had no resolution, I discovered this little
silver box. I changed it, and the gauges have been fine since.
That being said, I did need to change the water pump, hoses, and rebuild
the rad anyway, so all was not lost.
Incidentally, the way I discovered that I had a voltage regulator
problem was that I noticed that the temp and fuel gauges would go up
with increased engine RPM.
Michael
70&71 GT6s
> -----Original Message-----
> From: SpitfireKP@aol.com [SMTP:SpitfireKP@aol.com]
> Sent: Thursday, November 19, 1998 3:08 PM
> To: spitfires@Autox.Team.Net
> Subject: Hot or not?
>
> When driving my Spit for the first time this summer, I kept pulling
> over to
> the side of the road whenever the temperature gauge reached its max,
> which was
> roughly every 5 minutes. I couldn't figure out the problem, b/c it was
> full of
> coolant and oil, and everything seemed to be in order. I decided to
> test the
> sending unit, so I boiled some water and poured it into a thermos and
> stuck a
> thermometer and the sending unit in it. The thermometer read 170
> degrees, i
> believe, and the sending unit was at its max again. I assumed the
> sending unit
> was bad. However, I bought a new one and the problem is still there.
> In the
> winter, this rarely occurs, but it still reads b/w 3/4 and max all the
> time. I
> imagine in the summer it will be hotter. Is this normal? I would like
> to know,
> b/c it is extremely frustrating, and I dont want to inadvertantly run
> my
> engine hot for too long.
>
> KRis Powell
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