67 GTV oil temp guage

[AlfaNeely@domain.elided]

In a message dated 09/30/2002 7:37:55 AM Central Daylight Time, 
owner-alfa-digest@domain.elided writes:


> 
> Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2002 20:16:34 -0700
> From: Tom Hardy <trh-arch@domain.elided>
> Subject: 67 GTV oil temp guage
> 
> The needle on the oil temperature guage on my 67 GTV doesn't seem to
> move off the peg. What temperature reading should I hope for if all is
> running well, and is the guage something worth spending money on, i.e.,
> should I be keeping an eye on the oil temperature? I already have one
> eye on the oil pressure, the other on the water temperature, and then
> one or the other on the fast-dropping fuel gauge...
> 
> 
> Tom H
> 67 GTV
> 85 Spider
> 79 GIOS Torino
> 

       Test the gauge by disconnecting the wire at the sending unit and 
grounding it.  If the gauge is working, the needle will move to the high end 
of the dial.  That would mean the sending unit is bad.
       If it does nothing, the gauge might still be OK, but with the wire to 
the sending unit broken.  You could run a jumper wire from the back of the 
gauge to a ground to see if it works.  Or the problem could be a lack of 12 
volts to the gauge.
       I am not sure about an oil temp gauge, but the above works for testing 
the oil pressure and water temp gauges.

Ciao,
Russ Neely
Oklahoma City
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