A disposable butane lighter works pretty well too...(an alot easier to carry)
It won't show how accurate the gauge is, but you can at least see if the
mechanism is working or not. Just don't 'over do it by heating up past 212!
- Bryan
>Subject: Re: Water Temp Gauge Broke
>To: Lancer7676@aol.com, spridgets@autox.team.net
>MIME-Version: 1.0
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>In a message dated 08/04/1999 7:03:38 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Lancer7676
>writes:
>
><< Cant you stick the working end (the radiator end) in a pot of boiling
>water and see if the temp guage rises to 212 degrees to tell whether the cap
>tube has been evaced? >>
>
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>Not if you are buying it by mail order or off of someone on the list who is
>across the country. And when I go to a flea market I don't carry a bucket of
>boiling water. It's just not possible to be sure until you have it in your
>shop.
>
>Allen Hefner
>'77 Midget
>'92 Mitsubishi Expo LRV Sport
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