Re: temp sender gauge

[Andrew Duane USG/PE <duane@digital.com>]

Hairy green toads from Mars made Ernest Wong say:

> Have you tried getting yer cat to lick the sender plug to get all the crap
> out. Er, I mean unplug and use some elbow grease and electrical contact
> cleaner on the stupid plug. Has worked on mine 87 5000s for 1.3 years since
> I did the clean job. Just did it again couple months back. The 20 minutes
> labor is cheaper than getting a new $70 sender. But maybe your senders have
> really died. Wouldn't hurt to try cleaner on it first.

Been there. Done that. No use. The sender really is dead. I had
it electrically tested, and it's gone.

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