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Seem to have found the problem(s) 140-160 1974

posted by  uniberp on  Fri May 27 15:51 CST 2005
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After sweating the way home keep the heater on full to keep the temp needle out of the yellow, I looked everything over, flushed the radiator, tested the thermostat, and found nothing wrong. Plenty of water through the radiator, air too.

Then I thought about it. Looked at it. Thought about what I saw. The engine wasn't getting hot. The overflow bottle barley make a peep when I loosed the cap after a hot run.

I swapped the voltage regulator, saw a minor a change, gas gauge too. Then I swapped the temp sensor. It runs right in the middle of the "N" now.

It could have been a partial ground on the temp sensor wire.

I tell ya.

Thanks sirs.


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MPergiel, Elmhurst, IL '74 145e T-5 'Orange Alert'






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New Does mixture directly affect temp gauge? [140-160][1974]
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