Bad news, Bill. The water temp sensor capillary tube on your gauge has
been broken or cut off. Replacement is a job for the professionals, since
there is a liquid in the tube when it is intact -- it is not just a wire.
When you have them replace the tube, they can test/repair the oil pressure
side of the gauge at the same time. The copper pipe is correct for the
oil pressure line. Don't know what the plastic line you have is supposed
to do.
One gauge re-building service is provided by:
Mo-Ma Manufacturing
1321 Second Street N.W.
Albuquerque, NM 87102
505-766-6661 or -5419 (I have two different numbers, not sure which is
correct)
There are several other gauge repair facilities. I have used West Valley
Instruments in California, and Nisonger has been recommend by others on the
list. If someone else doesn't come up with an address for you, e-mail me
privately because I do have the info somewhere.
Steve Byers
Havelock, NC USA
'73 Midget GAN5UD126009G "OO NINE"
"It is better to remain silent, and be thought a fool
than to speak, and remove all doubt" -- Mark Twain
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> From: Noel, William M <noel@BATTELLE.ORG>
> To: spridgets@Autox.Team.Net
> Subject: Termperature gauge
> Date: Monday, April 13, 1998 3:45 PM
>
> I have removed the combination temperature/oil pressure gauge from my '72
> Midget. The oil pressure line was previously disconnected and the
> temperature gauge didn't work either. I also have the dash removed from
the
> car and I am trying to "improve" or correct as much as possible before
> refitting the dash. There are two oil lines that look like they were at
one
> time or the other connected to the oil pressure gauge. The first, and
> apparently oldest is a copper line and the second is a plastic line. Is
it
> okay to keep the plastic? Can the oil pressure gauge be tested out of
the
> car? Does anybody sell a kit or replacement for the line, I can't find a
> replacement in any of my catalogs.
>
>
> The temperature part of the gauge has a wire that is wound around a core
> that extends about 11/2" out of the back of the gauge. The wire is
broken
> at the farthest point from the back of the gauge. The wire, I think,
must
> go to the temperature sensor. Can I just resolder it when I find the
wire
> connecting to the sensor? If not, do I need a new/rebuilt gauge with the
> wire extending to the temperature sending unit?
>
> Bill Noel
> noel@battelle.org
> phone (614)424-4917
> fax (614)424-3152
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