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For a couple months now I've been fiddling with a temperature
guage in my 87 245 that flip-flps all over the place. First,
I replaced the thermostat. No change. Then, I cleaned all the
connections at the sensor and on the firewall. No change. Fearing
the dreaded wire rot I worried and read all the postings here about wire
wire harnesses. Since all my wires look good and my car is fairly new,
I did not think the harness was the culprit. To test my theory,
I snipped the temperature guage wire at the sensor and patched in a new wire,
thinking this would isolate the problem or fix it. No luck.
The guage still performed erratically. Sometimes dead. Sometimes
halfway. Sometimes a fourth of the way up. Maddening to say the
least.
I noticed as I was connecting the wire to the sensor a few days ago,
that the sensor terminal seemed loose. I could turn the terminal
nearly 360 degrees without the base of the sensor turning at all.
Ah ha, I thought, a cracked temperature sensor.
I ordered the part from RPR for 14 dollars and I'm waiting for
its arrival. Let's hope for two things. First, that I can get
a wrench and my big clumsy hands in there to get the old sensor
out and secondly, that I have correctly diagnosed the problem.
If anybody has done one of these jobs before and can offer a pointer
or two, please send your thoughts.
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