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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Rate Thread Need help diagnosing my water temp gauge #1058980 04/17/13 01:59 PM Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 211 North Carolina cdl1701 OP Wheeler Water temp gauge stopped working last week so I thought that the temp sending sensor went out and got a new one. Put it in last night and the gauge still does not work. Checking the FSM I saw that I should be able to put a test light on the wire and it should light up and the gauge should move to the high side but no good. Not sure what else to check. Any ideas? Thanks Chris 88 Montero, 2.6 Black Re: Need help diagnosing my water temp gauge [Re: cdl1701] #1058981 04/18/13 05:07 AM Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 2,324 SLO County, CA 93453 K KrzyDav Body Damage is Cool the wire is cracked in the terminal or the wire could be cracked at some place where it vibrates and "microflexes"(good luck finding the spot). I'd pierce a straight pin into the wire before the terminal and alligator clip a wire from the straight pin to the terminal and see if the gauge works then. Last edited by KrzyDav; 04/18/13 05:09 AM. dave h. '89 Raider V6 5spd;Aisin Hubs;; Gen2 LS: frt. brakes, rear coils;U.C.arms;R.trailing arms;idler arm; rear LSD axle w.disc brakes ;2 battery system for Dog's fan; relocated ECU; custom bumpers;J.Baker receiver;Conferr roofrack; t-bar crank. Re: Need help diagnosing my water temp gauge [Re: KrzyDav] #1058982 04/19/13 03:37 PM Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 211 North Carolina cdl1701 OP Wheeler I ordered a new temp gauge on line and figured that I would put it in place of the inclionmeter. Lose a little bit of cool factor but the new gauge has some cool factor to it. WATER TEMP GAUGE If this one works out nice I may just change out all my others to these. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> I am going to try what you suggested and see if I can just use a jumper wire and see if it works. If it does I may just rewire the existing one and have two. 88 Montero, 2.6 Black Re: Need help diagnosing my water temp gauge [Re: cdl1701] #1058983 04/20/13 03:16 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,649 Helen , GA fasteddy Web Wheeler Does the fuel gauge work now. There's a voltage regulator thingy on the back of the panel board that drops the gauge voltage to about 7v for fuel and water temp. If you ground the sender wire, the gauge should go to full scale. Do not leave it grounded long. Not responsible for advice not taken... Re: Need help diagnosing my water temp gauge [Re: fasteddy] #1058984 04/23/13 03:11 PM Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 211 North Carolina cdl1701 OP Wheeler My fuel gauge works fine but never could get my temp gauge to work. I did get my new one in though in place of the inclinometer and it works great. I plan on replacing all the gauges with these style including the fuel gauge. The fuel gauge on this site says that I need to know the OHM Resistance Level but I have not looked up what that is yet. Not sure if I can even find that info. 88 Montero, 2.6 Black Re: Need help diagnosing my water temp gauge [Re: cdl1701] #1058985 05/01/13 07:05 PM Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 211 North Carolina cdl1701 OP Wheeler Got my new water temp gauge in and decided to go ahead and replace the volt and oil pressure ones as well. Here is the result. The centering is a little off.. will have to fix that as it will drive me crazy<img src="/forums/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" /> but over all I like it. 88 Montero, 2.6 Black Moderated by  4x4Wire, Macka, Mudraider, off-roader, PHIL_, rxinhed  Hop To Mitsubishi Forums ------  Mitsubishi 4x4 and SUV Tech  Mitsubishi Diesels  Mitsubishi ArchiveToyota Forums ------  Early Toyota Trucks  Toyota 4Runner, FJ Cruiser &...  T100 & Tundra Forum  Tacoma Forum  Toyota Tech ArchiveJeep Forums ------  Jeep Talk  Jeep TechIsuzu Forums ------  Isuzu 4x4 & SUV Talk  Isuzu 4x4 & SUV Tech  Isuzu DieselsKia Forums ------  Kia Talk  Kia Sportage & Sorento TechOff Topic Chat ------  4x4 Gallery  Off-Topic Chat  Recreational Access & Land ...  Politics4xForums ------  Outdoor Gear  General 4x4 Discussion  Tools and Fabrication  General Communications  Amateur Radio  GPS and MapsParts Bin ------  Private Party - Garage Sale  Private Party - Items wanted  Vendors, Hot Deals, Group Buys4x4Wire Back Yard ------  Suzuki Forum  AZ Crawler Crew  Cal-Nev Crew  General Ford 4x4 & SUV Forum  General Dodge 4x4 & SUV Forum  General Chevy 4x4 & SUV ForumFeedback & Testing ------  Problems, Questions, Suggestions4x4Wire Staff ------  Forum Moderators  Problem Threads Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode 5 Excellent 4 Good 3 Average 2 Bad 1 Terrible View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts View Profile Private Message Homepage Follow User Forum Posts View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts

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