Bill, If I remember, the temp gage must be isolated from the cluster. So you
should be sure it's also isolated inside the gage cluster. The washers go
next to the housing. Mine had washers both inside and outside.
Rich
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1966 MALIBU
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Lessenberry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, September 01, 2003 12:32 PM
Subject: [Chevelle-list] 68 SS temp gauge inop
> I'm changing out the idiot light cluster on my SS 396 to the gauge type.
I
> got to the point last night where I could set the cluster in the car &
hook
> everything up & try it out. Everything worked but the temp
> gauge. Shorting the sender wire to ground has no effect, there is
> continuity between the gauge & the sender, there is 12V on the feed wire
to
> the gauge. When I took the cluster apart to bead blast & paint it I
didn't
> pay close enough attention & I might have not installed the temp gauge
> correctly. The gauge has four mounting posts that hold it in the cluster,
> oriented like this--
>
> 1 2 #1 is a silver color
> and is not insulated-#'s2,3,&4 have a plastic collar that insulates them
from
> the housing.
There
> is a resistor board that bridges #1 & #4. When I assembled the gauge, I
> put the bakelite washer between the resistor board and the
> housing on the #4 post. I have a
> 3 4 picture that shows the back of the housing, & it looks like
> the way I installed it, but it doesn't
>
> show where the bakelite washer goes. I checked the resistance between the
> post & got the following--
> #1 to #2-198 ohm to #3-147 ohm to #4-82 ohm #2 to #3-51 ohms to#4-116
> ohms #3 to #4-65 ohms.
> The cluster was also grounded properly. I hope someone out there can
help
> me out on this, I really would like to get the car back together today.
>
> Thanks,
> BL
>
>
>
>
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