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Old Sep 7, 2002 | 07:23 AM
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Default Temp guage problem

I had a good working temp guage. When I was removing the old rusty headers I broke off the small tang at the end of the sender unit where the wire mounts on to. I put another sender unit in and connected up the wire. No joy. I tried a second one and again no joy. Putting 12 volts thru the wire doesnt make the guage move and I doesnt look like the temp sender unit has a fuse although I have checked fuse box looking for a blown one. Bitch of a location for a fuse box though !! Any ideas ?? [IMG][/IMG] :mad
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Old Sep 7, 2002 | 08:11 AM
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Default Re: Temp guage problem (tippi58)

You have not stated the year of your car but here is info for 1979. The coolant gauge is part of the gauge cluster package and is on a 10-amp circuit. The pic shows the fuse location.

http://temp.corvetteforum.net/c3/paul79//gauges_001.jpg
http://temp.corvetteforum.net/c3/paul79//gauges_004.jpg


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