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Finally got the B on the road to have an exhaust system fitted and check things out. The temperature gauge, after just a few minutes, is just about pegged. After letting things cool off a bit, I took the radiator cap off and let it run a while. The gauge ran back up, and I put a thermometer in the open radiator. Coolant is flowing (slowly, it seems), and the thermometer never got above 160, even though the gauge is nearly pegged (needle just touches the hash mark by the "H". I have a spare gauge, and hooked it up (near the sending unit, and using one of the white wires of the fuse box for the other terminal) - it read the same.
I checked the terminals on the voltage stabilizer, and they both read a steady 13 volts. The fuel gauge seems OK, though I'm not sure.
I read somewhere that the voltage stabilizer output should be around 10 volts, and I have the website that describes a more reliable alternative, which I can build. Anyone have any experience with these doodads?
Mickey
Finally got the B on the road to have an exhaust system fitted and check things out. The temperature gauge, after just a few minutes, is just about pegged. After letting things cool off a bit, I took the radiator cap off and let it run a while. The gauge ran back up, and I put a thermometer in the open radiator. Coolant is flowing (slowly, it seems), and the thermometer never got above 160, even though the gauge is nearly pegged (needle just touches the hash mark by the "H". I have a spare gauge, and hooked it up (near the sending unit, and using one of the white wires of the fuse box for the other terminal) - it read the same.
I checked the terminals on the voltage stabilizer, and they both read a steady 13 volts. The fuel gauge seems OK, though I'm not sure.
I read somewhere that the voltage stabilizer output should be around 10 volts, and I have the website that describes a more reliable alternative, which I can build. Anyone have any experience with these doodads?
Mickey