Ken,
It comes from a few years' experience as a technical writer for Texas
Instruments! :)
Joe C.
-----Original Message-----
From: spitfires-owner@autox.team.net
[mailto:spitfires-owner@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Ken Strayhorn
Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 12:40 PM
To: spitfires@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Water temp gauge - reads hot
Thanks and a tip of the hat to Joe Curry for this excellent piece of
advice:
> First off, if the gauge reads top of the scale with the key on and the
> engine cold, disconnect the wire from the sender and see if it goes
> down
> to the bottom of the scale. If it does not, you have a short in the
> sender wire grounding that leg of the circuit. That should be easy to
> fix.
Every time someone contributes such a clear and simple diagnostic
procedure,
I wonder why they aren't included in any of the manuals I own.
Then I remember - that's why the Internet was created.
Thanks as well to the other fellows who responded.
Looking forward to fall drives . . . .
Ken Strayhorn
'72 Spit IV
Hillsborough NC
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