Water Temp Gauge

[Marc & Tavie Glassmire]

The water temp gauge on by bus quit on my last outing. Is there a
way to find if the problem is the sending unit or the gauge. I have
pulled the dash panel and looked at the back of the gauge and believe
that is is an electric guage vs a mechanical gauge because is has
three screw type terminal posts. I have also pulled the dog house
and found what I think is the sending unit on the back upper right
side of the radiator. This sending unit has a single large diameter
(6 or 8 gauge) wire coming from it. The back of the gauge has 4
small diameter (16 or 18 or 20 gauge) wires, 2 to one post and 1 to
each of the other two posts. I am not inlcuding the wire for the 53
size light bulb. The only other info that I have is that normall the
indicator would be at rest at about 10 or 10:30 when the engine was
off or cold. Now with it not working the indicator is pointing
straight at 9:00. Is there way to find the problem? Whare does one
buy a new gauge and sending unit? How does one know for sure which
sendind unit is the water temp sending unit. You car reply here or
to patches@....
Thanks in advance,
Marc Glassmire
King George, VA
1988 35FC

[Jeff Miller]

The water temp sender is on the front of the block, you might be able
to reach it from under the coach (1-wire sender, to the driver's side
of the fan drive).

The sending unit on the radiator is for low-water level.

To test the gauge, ground the wire coming from the gauge to the
sender, it should send the gauge to full-scale.

- Jeff Miller


--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Marc & Tavie Glassmire"
wrote:
> The water temp gauge on by bus quit on my last outing. Is there a
> way to find if the problem is the sending unit or the gauge. I
have
> pulled the dash panel and looked at the back of the gauge and
believe
> that is is an electric guage vs a mechanical gauge because is has
> three screw type terminal posts. I have also pulled the dog house
> and found what I think is the sending unit on the back upper right
> side of the radiator. This sending unit has a single large
diameter
> (6 or 8 gauge) wire coming from it. The back of the gauge has 4
> small diameter (16 or 18 or 20 gauge) wires, 2 to one post and 1 to
> each of the other two posts. I am not inlcuding the wire for the
53
> size light bulb. The only other info that I have is that normall
the
> indicator would be at rest at about 10 or 10:30 when the engine was
> off or cold. Now with it not working the indicator is pointing
> straight at 9:00. Is there way to find the problem? Whare does
one
> buy a new gauge and sending unit? How does one know for sure which
> sendind unit is the water temp sending unit. You car reply here or
> to patches@c...
> Thanks in advance,
> Marc Glassmire
> King George, VA
> 1988 35FC

[pattypape]

Teleflex has all the gages pictured on there web site,
Click on tech. support and there is a handy troubleshooting
aid, that will help. http://www.tflx.com/

Bill 88 FC michigan



--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Marc & Tavie Glassmire"
wrote:
> The water temp gauge on by bus quit on my last outing. Is there a
> way to find if the problem is the sending unit or the gauge. I
have
> pulled the dash panel and looked at the back of the gauge and
believe
> that is is an electric guage vs a mechanical gauge because is has
> three screw type terminal posts. I have also pulled the dog house
> and found what I think is the sending unit on the back upper right
> side of the radiator. This sending unit has a single large
diameter
> (6 or 8 gauge) wire coming from it. The back of the gauge has 4
> small diameter (16 or 18 or 20 gauge) wires, 2 to one post and 1
to
> each of the other two posts. I am not inlcuding the wire for the
53
> size light bulb. The only other info that I have is that normall
the
> indicator would be at rest at about 10 or 10:30 when the engine
was
> off or cold. Now with it not working the indicator is pointing
> straight at 9:00. Is there way to find the problem? Whare does
one
> buy a new gauge and sending unit? How does one know for sure
which
> sendind unit is the water temp sending unit. You car reply here
or
> to patches@c...
> Thanks in advance,
> Marc Glassmire
> King George, VA
> 1988 35FC