Lucky day: Fixed coolant temperature gauge
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Lucky day: Fixed coolant temperature gauge
I put together my bike after a crash awhile back and my coolant temperature gauge didn't work. Being burned out after a month of working on the bike, I checked to make sure my radiator fan went on when the engine warmed up, did a little riding and put the bike away about a month ago.
I finally got around to working on the coolant gauge today using shop manual procedures. I ground out the gauge like the manual said and the gauge tested fine. @#$%&! The shop manual says if the gauge works, the next step is to test the thermosensor.This involves draining the coolant out of the radiators and some other crap I just didn't feel like doing. Well, having come from the lazy man's duct tape and bailing wire school of repair I decided I would try two things:
1) If an impact screwed things up, an impact would fix it right? I took my rubber body shop hammer and gently tapped the thermosensor housing a few times.
2) Maybe the connector got jostled or got dirt in it during the crash? I cleaned the inside of the connector and sanded the thermocouple contact making sure to pinch the connector on the unit tightly.
Wala! The idiot savant route worked! I fired up the bike and the coolant gauge works fine! Maybe I'll buy a lottery ticket tonight.....
I finally got around to working on the coolant gauge today using shop manual procedures. I ground out the gauge like the manual said and the gauge tested fine. @#$%&! The shop manual says if the gauge works, the next step is to test the thermosensor.This involves draining the coolant out of the radiators and some other crap I just didn't feel like doing. Well, having come from the lazy man's duct tape and bailing wire school of repair I decided I would try two things:
1) If an impact screwed things up, an impact would fix it right? I took my rubber body shop hammer and gently tapped the thermosensor housing a few times.
2) Maybe the connector got jostled or got dirt in it during the crash? I cleaned the inside of the connector and sanded the thermocouple contact making sure to pinch the connector on the unit tightly.
Wala! The idiot savant route worked! I fired up the bike and the coolant gauge works fine! Maybe I'll buy a lottery ticket tonight.....
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How many Texans does it take to eat an Armadillo? Three - one eats - the other two watch for traffic. And so on . . .
How many Texans does it take to eat an Armadillo? Three - one eats - the other two watch for traffic. And so on . . .
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