Magicgrotto
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Ain't you supposed to do the welding before you paint ?
Ain't you supposed to do the welding before you paint ?
Seat belt mount?Well I spoted 1 MOT fail
Yes !
@fozt ...Got one of these digital coolant temperature gauges installed on mine. Seems to work alright until any electrical load such as headlights, blower or even turn signals are turned on, at which time the readout would spike. Example, say temp readout is 70 degrees, turn on the blower or the headlights, and the readout immediately goes up to 93 degrees. Did I miss something in the installation or is it an issue with the earthing? Thanks mate and keep up the good work.I finally got round to fitting the water temp sensor for the gauge.
I bought a brass bleed screw so that I could tap a 1/8 NPT thread in it to mount the sensor.
Brass bleed screw
Tools - Centre punch, 1/8 NTP tap, 8.5mm drill bit.
Punched the hole, not quite in the centre - Nevermind it isn't meant to look pretty anyway!
Hole cut and tapped with 1/8 NPT thread
Fitted the sensor into the thread with PTFE tape - wire ran from the gauge through the firewall and routed up to the sensor.
Gauge finally working - not sure how accurate it is.
Foz
@fozt ...Got one of these digital coolant temperature gauges installed on mine. Seems to work alright until any electrical load such as headlights, blower or even turn signals are turned on, at which time the readout would spike. Example, say temp readout is 70 degrees, turn on the blower or the headlights, and the readout immediately goes up to 93 degrees. Did I miss something in the installation or is it an issue with the earthing? Thanks mate and keep up the good work.
Alright mate, will be on standby.
Cheers
The only thing I can think of now, is perhaps the engine earth is no good, since the sensor uses the engine as it's earth. Or, I have a faulty gauge or sensor.
Foz
Three reasons and all valid fortunately one doesn't need a crystal ball to find out, just a bit of wire and a multimeter
Into that mate, looks like fun!
Tell me, how much room do you have sleeping in the back of the disco, is it a knees bent nites sleep (and how tall are you ha)
Cheers
Towsey
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