Re: IML: Another 60 gage question

["JIM LORENZEN" <jdlpdx@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Tom -

Does the '62 need the same kind of "up-date".  I haven't gotten far enough to need its' gauges, but when I do, I'd like not to mess them up.

Thanks -

 

Jim L. in OR
    '60 Crown 4dr Southampton
    '62 Crown 4dr Southampton

 

----- Original Message -----

From: "Tom Scott" <shelbyguy@xxxxxxx>

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Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2007 4:40 AM

Subject: Re: IML: Another 60 gage question

> Clay...I don't 
have anymore regulators left.  They sold like hotcakes.  Here 
> 
is the link for where I purchased them.  You have to buy 4 of them, but 
> you'll probably be able to sell them to other people on the list.  
They are 
> $14 a piece.
> Tom Scott
> 60 Crown Southampton 
with resurrected gauges
> 
> http://www.questcomp.com/WebRFQ/ZQuestResults.aspx
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Rob van der Es" 
<r.vdes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2007 3:40 AM
> Subject: 
Re: IML: Another 60 gage question
> 
> 
>> HI 
Clay,
>>
>> Looks like you have some problems with the voltage 
limiter here.
>> You can check the temp gauge easily by grounding the 
wire that is going to
>> the temp sensor in the engine block. The temp 
gauge should peg then, don't
>> do it too long, otherwise you will fry 
the gauge !! Be careful.
>>
>> On the otherhand, I am afraid 
that you already have fried it, since the
>> oilpressure gauge still 
pegs and the temp gauge is dead...
>> You see the powersuplly comes 
from the temp gauge, the voltage limiter is
>> inside this gauge and is 
feeding all the other gauges in the cluster
>> except for the Amp 
gauge.
>>
>> I don't understand however how it comes that your 
gas gauge reads only one
>> quarter with a full 
tank...
>>
>> You might also check the wire that is going to 
the oiltemp sensor for
>> grounding.
>>
>> If you 
have the cluster out you can check the condition of the voltage
>> 
limiter, if you have a multitester you should read a pulsating voltage 
of
>> aprr. 5-6 Volts. If your meter shows 12 Volts your regulator is 
fried, and
>> you are in for a new one.
>>
>> Tom 
Scott might have another solid state limiter on the shelf 
!
>>
>> Good luck,
>>
>> 
Robert
>>
>>
>>
>> Op Do, 14 juni, 2007 2:20 
am, schreef Clay Smith:
>>> Greetings everyone
>>> I 
think the gages are fried in my 60 
.
>>>
>>>
>>> The temp gage is dead. The oil 
pressure gage will peg and stay there.
>>> The
>>> gas 
gage will rise to a quarter a tank and stay there.(with a full 
tank).
>>> The amp gage is fine but I read in the archives that it 
isn't effected by
>>>  the failing voltage limiter. My question 
is this  Will installing the
>>> limiter now make the gas and 
oil pressure gages read normal again?.Or are
>>>  they probably 
toasted ?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Clay 
Smith
>>> 60 Custom
>>> 67 Crown Coupe
>>> 
.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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