[Vwdiesel] Limping FROM home, bad GP's,now no Temp guage !

[Smith, Michael]

HI Al, 

Thanks for your reply.  Almost seems like I now have multiple problems...ie:
NO LED, no GP's and no temp guage.
To get around the starting problems (ie: no GP's) I'll just use a jumper
wire for a day or two......if I can't figure it out
I will certainly go with a H/D relay.
I would like to get the temp guage working though....seems weird that it all
of a sudden has died....at the same time
as my GP problem.  Too coincidental for my liking.

I would guess that I will have trouble with engine (radiator) cooling in a
few weeks/month or whatever as w/o the temp guage cct, I probably
won't have a working electric fan......come to think of it, when the
alternator/water pump belt snapped a couple weeks ago and
the car overheated, I don't recall even HEARING the fan.....ugh

Old cars....waddya gonna do?

;-)

Mike in NB 
86 Golf 1.6NA
only 405,000 kms !
> -----Original Message-----
> From:	alstum [SMTP:alstum at visuallink.com]
> Sent:	Friday, March 04, 2005 10:10 AM
> To:	Smith, Michael
> Subject:	Re: [Vwdiesel] Limping FROM home, bad GP's,now no Temp guage
> !
> 
> Hi Mike:
>     My A1 and A2 had similar problems. The water was following
> the radio antenna lead and dripping on the fuse block. The
> windshield was dripping on the fuse block. White powder on
> the metal parts of the fuse block. I re-routed the antenna
> lead and put some closed cell foam over the fuse block and
> that stabilized the situation. Cleaning up the connections
> and tightening them where possible seemed to help.
> 
>     Good idea to run a wire from the glowplug end of the
> buss bar through the firewall. A small wire is all you need
> to run a small lamp (the purists will use and LED) like a
> trailer marker lamp from Wallymart (~$2.00). I grounded it
> on the screw that holds the trim on the windshield post.
> 
>      Some bypass all the VW stuff and run a heavy wire
> from the battery to a relay, such as a starter relay from
> a Ford or Chrysler that mounts on the fenderwell, then
> to the buss bar. Others have use heavy duty headlight
> switches or toggle switches that will handle the current.
> 
>      Sorry, I no longer have my Bently for the A2.
> 
> Al
> 
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> ---------- Original Message -----------
> From: "Smith, Michael" <Michael.Smith at rvh.nb.ca>
> To: "'vwdiesel at vwfans.com'" <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
> Sent: Fri, 4 Mar 2005 07:57:39 -0400 
> Subject: [Vwdiesel] Limping FROM home, bad GP's,now no Temp guage !
> 
> > Well....now I've gone and done it...car would not start this morning
> despite
> > being plugged in all night.  Heck, it's only -15*C or so....nearly
> T-Shirt
> > weather for around here.
> > I cranked the starter at least a minute and it was whirling over nice
> and
> > fast, no doubt in part due to synthetic oil and the warm block.  Not
> even a
> > burp. No hint of starting.
> > I did hear what I *think* was the GP relay clicking briefly a couple
> times
> > in that minute.  No yellow LED on the dash.
> > 
> > So.....I jumpered between B+ and the glowplug bus bar for about 10-12
> > seconds.  Hopped in and it fired right up ! (amazing what working GP's
> will
> > do for ya.)
> > 
> > Now, I have no temp guage ! None, zero, zip nada.....  I presume I need
> this
> > circuit working for properly working GP's and my cooling fad on my rad
> once
> > it warms up, huh?
> > 
> > Help !  I've left my Bentley @ home, in my rush to get to work.   BTW,
> there
> > seems to be 2 sensors...1 from head and 1 from thermostat? (rad pipe
> > anyways). Also, isn't there one in the antifreeze reservoir.  ?
> > 
> > UGH....rusty/crusty old cars.
> > 
> > Mike ;-) NB
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