Adrian,
The guage in the '78 is water temp. only, hot -- cold, no temp. readings.
No combo oil gauage, just an idiot light for oil pressure. I guess this was
really for the American market of the late '70's!
Gerard
At 1:37 PM -0400 8/4/99, J. Adrian Barnes wrote:
>I think (but not sure) that the '78's and beyond had a wire instead of a
>capillary tube. Not sure how to do the swap, but since mine is also bad,
>I'd be
>interested to know how as well.
>
>adrian
>
>Ajhsys@aol.com wrote:
>
>> In a message dated 8/4/99 11:33:49 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
>> gottstein@erols.com writes:
>>
>> << This weekend on a super-hot day, my water temperature gauge started
>> moving
>> toward Cold rather than Hot as time went on. Then it stopped working all
>> together. I found that the wire (the one with the coil around it) had
>> snapped right where it meets the radiator at this connection that come to a
>> point that the wire sticks into. Do I need to replace the whole
>>apparatus,
>> or do I just need to stick the wire back in? I couldn't get the nut
>>off the
>> radiator with moderate pressure, so I figured I wouldn't play with it in
>> care coolant went shooting everywhere. >>
>>
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>>
>> OOPS! That sounds like a capillary tube rather than a wire. The stuff
>> inside has now leaked out. You have to replace the whole thing, or send it
>> out to have it rebuilt.
>>
>> Does anybody know what model years of Midgets used the water temp gauge with
>> the capillary tube? I know my '77 has it, and it's the dual gauge with the
>> oil temp on top.
>>
>> Allen Hefner
>> '77 Midget
>> '92 Mitsubishi Expo LRV Sport
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