At a swap meet, borrow a bic lighter, hold it to the bulb. If the needle
rises, the gauge is good.
David Riker
74 Midget
63 Falcon
----- Original Message -----
From: <Ajhsys@aol.com>
To: <Lancer7676@aol.com>; <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 1999 5:14 PM
Subject: Re: Water Temp Gauge Broke
> In a message dated 08/04/1999 7:03:38 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Lancer7676
> writes:
>
> << Cant you stick the working end (the radiator end) in a pot of boiling
> water and see if the temp guage rises to 212 degrees to tell whether the
cap
> tube has been evaced? >>
>
> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
>
> Not if you are buying it by mail order or off of someone on the list who
is
> across the country. And when I go to a flea market I don't carry a bucket
of
> boiling water. It's just not possible to be sure until you have it in
your
> shop.
>
> Allen Hefner
> '77 Midget
> '92 Mitsubishi Expo LRV Sport
>
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