Do you know how to jump it? (Just tie the lines together). Will get you through until a new switch is available. Owners really need know how to jump/bypass a variety of systems: - Cooling fans (otterstat & fan fail) - Fuel pump (RPM relay and inertia ground) - Headlight master switch (or headlight relays themselves -- no side/tail lights) - Turn signals through hazard switch - Rheostat lines (dash illumination) - Cold start injector - Starter solenoid - Starter ignition relay (bypass resistors) Plus: - Idle manually vs CIS - Manually move door lock cam (inside door) - xRef tachometer / MPH In a pinch, will at least get you home. I've had to do so many times in my DeLo career -- requisite hot start failure, stuck idle speed motor, melted headlight master switch, and lost fuel pump ground. Ran with manually jumped cooling fans *TO* Pigeon Forge. I'm still running tach xRefs (helpful hint: make a custom chart and tape it to the instrument cluster lens -- is readable through rear illumination at night). Bill Robertson #5939 >--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Tom" <tomciodmc@xxxx> wrote: > Hello again > > I need some help. My otterstat is on its way out and it's turning the fans > on at higher and higher temps. It's gotten to a point that it makes me > uncomfortable watching that temp gauge rise to 220 for the fans to come on. > Those things seem to fail pretty often. I replaced mine about two years ago > and it's already gone.... strange. > Anyway, does anyone have a cross reference or original manufacturer part > number for the otterstat? It really makes no sense for me to order one from > the US. Shipping will probably cost more that the part itself. Plus it will > take a long time for me to get the part... I'm in Poland. > I promise to keep my mouth shut and I will not tell anyone what that number > is :) I just need it for my car. > I can always take mine out of the car and find a replacement that way, but I > don't want to put the car out of commission again! I just started driving it > after a three month engine work... it was way too long. Talk about turning a > $50 job into a $500 job. > > Thank you in advance > > Tom Niemczewski > jamesik@xxxx > VIN 6149 (in Poland!) > Save the dream so you can live the dream... To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/