rianardo
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- near Regina, Saskatchewan
I'm new here...'94 2-door 5-speed 4.0 purchased last month.
Did some searching but thought I'd post anyway...
The Jeep's from Calif. and I'm in Canada so I wanted to go to KM/H and have the Tach, oil pressure, temp, and SMALLER fuel gauge. Got a '96 cluster from salvage and hooked it up (disconnected battery first), changed oil pressure sender to correct one, and changed temp. sender to the correct one (the one by the firewall on driver's side). Hooked battery back up and everything works fine except the temp. gauge.
- circuit tested just above the sender...lights up...okay so there's power there
- circuit tested back of cluster (purple with yellow wire)...lights up...okay so there's power going to the gauge (I think)
- upon ignition the temp gauge needle deflects to the right but then rests all the way to the left and then it just sits there, not moving at all...by the way, circuit testing causing the needle to flip over to the right similar to ignition time.
- hmmm...after running for a bit, valve cover is warm...rad cap is warm...air is warm in the cab when set to defroster and high fan setting...doesn't seem to be a thermostat.
- pulled out sender; dipped in boiling water...no change in gauge reading (circuit tested again to make sure there's power)...bit relieved since it's a false reading.
I'm gonna take the sender back to NAPA and exchange. But is there anything I could be missing? Anyone with a similar experience? Could it be a wiring issue? Doesn't seem to make sense...
I like this Jeep...wish I had one sooner!
Cheers,
Rian
Did some searching but thought I'd post anyway...
The Jeep's from Calif. and I'm in Canada so I wanted to go to KM/H and have the Tach, oil pressure, temp, and SMALLER fuel gauge. Got a '96 cluster from salvage and hooked it up (disconnected battery first), changed oil pressure sender to correct one, and changed temp. sender to the correct one (the one by the firewall on driver's side). Hooked battery back up and everything works fine except the temp. gauge.
- circuit tested just above the sender...lights up...okay so there's power there
- circuit tested back of cluster (purple with yellow wire)...lights up...okay so there's power going to the gauge (I think)
- upon ignition the temp gauge needle deflects to the right but then rests all the way to the left and then it just sits there, not moving at all...by the way, circuit testing causing the needle to flip over to the right similar to ignition time.
- hmmm...after running for a bit, valve cover is warm...rad cap is warm...air is warm in the cab when set to defroster and high fan setting...doesn't seem to be a thermostat.
- pulled out sender; dipped in boiling water...no change in gauge reading (circuit tested again to make sure there's power)...bit relieved since it's a false reading.
I'm gonna take the sender back to NAPA and exchange. But is there anything I could be missing? Anyone with a similar experience? Could it be a wiring issue? Doesn't seem to make sense...
I like this Jeep...wish I had one sooner!
Cheers,
Rian