[FC] Re: <VV> A Rampside Trip

Merv Krull and or Loretta Prosser krupross at sunwave.net
Tue Jun 7 01:06:51 EDT 2005


Take the sender unit out of your convert and try it in the rampside and see 
if the readings are the same....???? If yes, try switching temp 
gauges....?????
Merv Krull
Salmon Arm, BC

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "J R Read_HML" <hmlinc at sbcglobal.net>
To: "The Corvanatics list" <corvanatics at corvair.org>
Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 10:44 AM
Subject: Re: [FC] Re: <VV> A Rampside Trip


> Well, yes I realize that and maybe I'm going to get used to seeing it at 
> 400.  But once it got past 400, I was getting needle bounce - sort of like 
> you get on a speedometer just before a speedo cable lets go.  THAT made me 
> uncomfortable as some of the swings were close to 50 degrees (of temp) and 
> I decided not to push quite so hard on the throttle.  I was mentally 
> averaging the swings when I reported "spikes" to 425.  The needle actually 
> momentarily (fraction of a second) touched 450 a few times.
>
> Now, the dash and the thermister have been in there less than a year and I 
> typically have only driven the Rampside on cooler days - when it was too 
> cool to be comfortable in a topless convertible.  So, I don't yet have a 
> great deal of experience with the current arrangement - especially not on 
> warm, humid days.
>
> I guess I'm just used to seeing more like 375 on the gauge and I began to 
> wonder if something was going on.  It is hard to hear the engine in a 
> Rampside even with the windows down.  But, I did not detect any ping or 
> other strange sounds, so drove on.
>
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>
> Later, JR
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ron" <ronh at owt.com>
> To: "J R Read_HML" <hmlinc at sbcglobal.net>; "VirtualVairs AA" 
> <VirtualVairs at corvair.org>
> Cc: "Corvanatics AB" <corvanatics at corvair.org>
> Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 11:40 AM
> Subject: [FC] Re: <VV> A Rampside Trip
>
>
>> Don't forget that the temperature indication doesn't mean much in an 
>> absolute sense.
>> RonH
>>
>
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