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Re: [TR] Temp gauge failure

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Subject: Re: [TR] Temp gauge failure
From: <tr6parts@charter.net>
Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2008 18:41:07 -0400
I would check (replace) the temperature sensor before I messed with the guage.

al

---- Joe Merone <jmerone@rocketmail.com> wrote: 
> The temperature gauge on my TR6 is the one instrument that has worked without
> much deviation or any failure for years - until now.  The normal operating
> temperature usually reads slightly below the 1/2 mark, but for the past week
> it wouldn't go up over the 1/4 mark.  Now nothing - it won't budge off the
> bottom.  I've fiddled around behind the dash to make sure that everything is
> connected, and traced the wire up to the sensor near the thermostat.  I think
> that it all seems where it's supposed to be.  Any ideas?  Do these things just
> die?  I did replace the voltage stabilizer last year when it was on the fritz,
> but don't know if there's any connection.
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Joe Merone
> South Burlington, VT
> CF18928
> 
> Just back from The Glen
> 4 nights with the wife
> in a tent!
> 850 miles r/t 
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