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Old Feb 5, 2002 | 08:27 PM
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I bought a 77 L-82 with the interior pretty much stripped, is there any way to test the guages prior to re-installing everything? Any insight or advice would be much appreciated...
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Old Feb 7, 2002 | 10:10 AM
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Anyone??????
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Old Feb 7, 2002 | 01:00 PM
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In the past when checking guages I would ground the wire going to the sender . turn key on the needle should max. On the bench power up pos. term. ground neg.
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Shucks...I should have thought of that, thank you for opening my eyes... :eek:
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