Hi, John --
The actual temperatures of the sections of the gauge are not really
important. It merely provides a general range of undesirable operation (the
white sections), and normal (the black section). However, if you will look
closely at the gauge, just outside the arc of the black section and where it
meets the HOT side white section, you should see two very small white dots.
I had occasion to check my gauge once, immersing the temperature bulb in a
pan of boiling water to see where the needle would move to at boiling . I
noticed that the needle came to rest exactly between those two little dots.
Then, I noticed the cold side of the gauge also has two little dots. I
suspected that those two dots marked where the needle would be if the temp
bulb was immersed in a pan of ice and water, but I didn't check that. I
just looked at the gauge in my car (it has been sitting in the garage for
several days), and the needle is exactly between those two cold side dots.
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
----- Original Message -----
From: John C. Gottstein <gottstein@erols.com>
To: Spridgets List <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, September 23, 1999 3:29 PM
Subject: Gauge makings
> Hi,
> I e-mailed a question last night, but I think it had trouble sending to
> the list. I just wanted to know what temperatures the sections of my
water
> temp gauge correspond to. It is on the bottom half of a combination oil
> pressure / water temp gauge and it remotely looks like this, only more
> arch-shaped.
>
> C H
> ***** *****
> ======
> Water Temp.
>
> The *** are a white section, and the === are a black section.
>
> I'm replacing the gauge, and have the option of getting one with actual
> numbers on it, but I will keep the stock look if I can figure out what
they
> mean.
>
> Thanks a lot,
>
> John Gottstein
> '75 Midget
>
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