Hi Tod,
If your temperature gauge is reading high, and your fuel gauge also appears to
read high (i.e. it says there's 8 gallons in the tank when there really are only
5), then check the output of the "instrument voltage stabilizer" that supplies
the
power to those two gauges. If it's higher than 10 volts, then your problem is
there and not in the senders or gauges.
Theo
"Theodore V. Brown" wrote:
> Hello folks:
> I, too, seemed to be having troubles with my Tiger running at elevated temps.
> I had been using an old fiberglass fan that was not doing the job, so I
> switched
> to the Derale fan after reading the study done by Tiger Tom and TEAE. In
> order to
> fit the fan, I used two washers to raise the engine on its mounts and found
> that it
> did not interfere with the rack or the shroud. I also found that in
> fitting the fan to
> the stock water pump, it was necessary to use a 1/2 inch spacer between the
> fan and the hub. The mounting hole for the fan is not large enough to fit
> over the
> hub, just the shaft, but that was fine because I needed the fan moved
> forward a
> bit to clear the upper hose. I also discovered that my temp gauge was reading
> high when I substituted a mechanical gauge for the stock one. To make the
> stock gauge read correctly (or nearly so) I inserted a 10 ohm resistor in
> series
> with the gauge. These two mods now have my Tiger able to spend extended
> times idling without exceeding 190 F using a 180 F thermostat and cruising at
> 180 F at any ambient temp I have tried it at. The temp in Maine has exceeded
> 90 F only a couple of times this summer so it has not been an exhaustive test
> but all indications are in the right direction. I was able to find a
> supplier on the
> web who sold me the fan for about $50 including the shipping.
> Cheers,
> Tod
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