Temp Guage

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Steely
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Temp Guage

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Hi

Temp guage has stoped working, changed guage for one that i know works, changed sender for a new one, power is getting through because the illuminating bulb comes on with the lights.
Has anybody got any ideas?

Many thanks, Tony
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Steely wrote:Hi

Temp guage has stoped working, changed guage for one that i know works, changed sender for a new one, power is getting through because the illuminating bulb comes on with the lights.
Has anybody got any ideas?

Many thanks, Tony


hi tony i had that problem all it was was the temp sensor that screws in under head ,i had one the same on an old h***a mtx head, an that was problem solved this might be your problem or a bad wire that connects to the sensor

good luck bsa
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The light is on a different circuit to the actual temperature gauge so I would check for power on the other connections
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Post by mgtkr1 »

the std gauge is reasonably ok when working although not as good as it could be. rather than buy another one of dubious condition (15-18yr old plus the fact its not brilliant) gat a nifty digital one or better still a scisu race temp gauge (analog) i think they fit in the std pod. there about 30 quid and are much more accurate. thats if you have no joy in getting the oe fixed.
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Post by KwakOn »

I got a scitsu gauge, it is a smaller diameter than the standard one.
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Post by LotusSevenMan »

Can you check the gauge function by earthing out the sender feed with the resultant full deflection on the gauge?
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