Temperature Sending Unit... How to Repair If you Dare
03-28-2016, 09:38 AM
#61
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You don't need a sender, you need this to correct the issue:
https://willcoxcorvette.com/catalogs...table+Resistor
There isn't a perfectly working sender but with this adjustable resistor you'll be able to dial in the gauge to match the sender.
Willcox
https://willcoxcorvette.com/catalogs...table+Resistor
There isn't a perfectly working sender but with this adjustable resistor you'll be able to dial in the gauge to match the sender.
Willcox
The sender worked fine for over a year, then just pegged. Then after a few months started to move around, first indicating a red overheat, then just hot, and now starts at hot (engine is cold) and slowly starts showing normal temps.
03-28-2016, 08:50 PM
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The best way to tell is to unplug the sender and put an ohm meter on the sender while it comes up. See if it acts in the erratic manner.
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AirBusPilot (03-28-2016)
06-20-2017, 05:50 AM
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Well, I dare (took only 3 years of convincing myself...).
But, unfortunately, the links to the pictures in the OP are broken. Text only is already pretty instructive but, as they say, a picture is worth a thousand words.
Also, I failed to find an equivalent writeup on Willcox' site.
Any help on the horizon (fixed links) / did I miss something (writeup)?
[And yes, I know that Willcox nowadays has a different solution for the new-sender-w/-old-gauge problem. But I want to refurbish the old stuff - I just am that way...]
But, unfortunately, the links to the pictures in the OP are broken. Text only is already pretty instructive but, as they say, a picture is worth a thousand words.
Also, I failed to find an equivalent writeup on Willcox' site.
Any help on the horizon (fixed links) / did I miss something (writeup)?
[And yes, I know that Willcox nowadays has a different solution for the new-sender-w/-old-gauge problem. But I want to refurbish the old stuff - I just am that way...]