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Forum: Electrical Tech 10-12-2016, 03:49 PM
Replies: 43
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Posted By "QUICK-SILVER"
There's a ground circuit built in the ignition...

There's a ground circuit built in the ignition switch that's for temp bulb test while cranking. Only other time the temp bulb comes on is if the engine over heats.

So all is good and working like...
Forum: Electrical Tech 10-12-2016, 01:38 PM
Replies: 43
Views: 1,493
Posted By "QUICK-SILVER"
May be nothing wrong with the one you've got. It...

May be nothing wrong with the one you've got. It only grounds to turn the light on after the engine over heats. Don't know what temperature that is.

You'ld hope the light would come on before...
Forum: Electrical Tech 10-12-2016, 12:07 PM
Replies: 43
Views: 1,493
Posted By "QUICK-SILVER"
As long as the sending unit is good.....sounds...

As long as the sending unit is good.....sounds like you've got it fixed!

Congrats
Clay
Forum: Electrical Tech 10-07-2016, 05:15 PM
Replies: 43
Views: 1,493
Posted By "QUICK-SILVER"
Did you try touching the sending unit wire to...

Did you try touching the sending unit wire to ground under the hood to see if the light would come on?
Or use your meter and check for voltage on the sending unit wire.

Either will tell you if...
Forum: Electrical Tech 10-06-2016, 01:22 PM
Replies: 43
Views: 1,493
Posted By "QUICK-SILVER"
Need to be playing with that new multi meter. You...

Need to be playing with that new multi meter. You can verify everything in the cluster works before you put it back in the dash.
Need to test the green temp sender wire while the cluster is out.
...
Forum: Electrical Tech 09-30-2016, 01:39 PM
Replies: 43
Views: 1,493
Posted By "QUICK-SILVER"
Wont know till you get in there and look. It's...

Wont know till you get in there and look. It's possible that the flat wire is broke/defective that carries power to those two bulbs.
The sender/switch, ground side of those two bulbs, are on...
Forum: Electrical Tech 09-29-2016, 11:29 AM
Replies: 43
Views: 1,493
Posted By "QUICK-SILVER"
Where to start?

First things first: DON'T take ohm readings with the ignition switch on.

Meter should've been set on DC Volts with key on.
We all ready know, from previously grounding the sending unit wire,...
Forum: Electrical Tech 09-26-2016, 09:14 PM
Replies: 43
Views: 1,493
Posted By "QUICK-SILVER"
The two brass contacts in the socket have to be...

The two brass contacts in the socket have to be tight against the flatwire in the printed circuit. The back side of the printed circuit still has the plastic to insulate the flatwire from grounding...
Forum: Electrical Tech 09-25-2016, 10:23 AM
Replies: 43
Views: 1,493
Posted By "QUICK-SILVER"
I can't count the times that I've had to...

I can't count the times that I've had to tweak/bend the wires on new bulbs so they would make contact when you put them in the socket. And just because a socket sticks in and twists tight doesn't...
Forum: Electrical Tech 09-24-2016, 04:25 PM
Replies: 43
Views: 1,493
Posted By "QUICK-SILVER"
Gauge fuse being hot when you turn the switch on...

Gauge fuse being hot when you turn the switch on pretty much gurantees that part of the wiring is good and working like it's suppose to. That's not looking to promising right now.
It would be...
Forum: Electrical Tech 09-24-2016, 11:03 AM
Replies: 43
Views: 1,493
Posted By "QUICK-SILVER"
Correct on that. All the warning lights and fuel...

Correct on that. All the warning lights and fuel guage get power from that fuse. Yes that's the puzzler. In your original post you mentioned a short in the sender wire. A short to ground would/should...
Forum: Electrical Tech 09-23-2016, 01:00 PM
Replies: 43
Views: 1,493
Posted By "QUICK-SILVER"
What "other lites" are you talking about being on...

What "other lites" are you talking about being on the same fuse?
GEN and OIL are the only other Ign switch powered lights that I'm seeing. Or would be power for gauges if it doesn't have those...
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