Your car may have an incorrect sensor in it. I used a sensor from another
type of datsun and I had the opposite readings.
Try another OEM sensor.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "J Sylvester" <jsylvester3136@sbcglobal.net>
To: "Datsun roadster list" <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2004 2:03 PM
Subject: calibrating Temp Gauge
> Is there any way to recalibrate the temp gauge?
>
> If getting a new temp sender and sorting out the ground, the gauge now
> works, but it reads extremely low - just barely into the normal range
that's
> marked on about the bottom 1/8 of the dial. If the gauge reads from 120
to
> 250, it would seem the guage is reading about 125 fully warm.
>
> Is there any way to recalibrate the gauge so I can drive with some
> confidence knowing I'm not over heating or is the gauge just very
imprecise
> and will it read hot if it is (as the needle pegs when I went straight to
> ground to test the gauge).
>
> Thanks!!
>
> Jim Sylvester
> '68 2000
> SRL311-05385
> U20-06823
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