RE: [doc] Help me with my new Delorean

["Nunn, Matthew" <matthew.nunn@xxxx>]

i will be putting a complete instrument panel on ebay in the next week and the temp guage works fine. Its complete with the surround which unfortunatly has an 8" crack along the top. the clock shows 35.000miles

 

Matthew Nunn
JacobsGIBB Ltd
Barnards Inn
86 Fetter Lane
London
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-----Original Message-----
From: kevin_sar <k@xxxx> [mailto:k@xxxx]
Sent: 29 January 2003 10:03
To: doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [doc] Help me with my new Delorean

Hi Nick

I will look at your suggestions over the weekend, I have the manual
but the wiring diagram for the dashboard instruments is not very
clear.

If you could email the wiring diagram I would appreciate it. Also do
you know a uk version of the sender ??


Kevin



--- In doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Nick Tomlinson
<nickandkathryntomlinson@xxxx> wrote:
>
> To Kevin,
> Congratulations on your new purchase !!! Invest in fun instead of
the stockmarket...
> Check the sender unit by connecting a meter between the sender unit
connection and the engine block. This is a resistive component and
will vary with temperature.
> If you get an open circuit (i.e. no reading on your meter) then the
sender unit needs replacing. If there is a resistence, check it both
hot and cold to see if it is different (Magnitude of 10 is about
right assuming it is not logarithmic).
> If this proves OK then measure for a resistance at the plug where
it connects to the back of the dial in the dashboard (disconnect the
dial first). If this reads open circuit then the problem is with the
wiring.
> Check continuity (i.e. 0 to 0.5 ohms) from the connector to the
sender unit to the connector plug where it pplugs into the dial. If
you get continuity then there is an earth missing ! On a traditional
car you would just bold this to the car body but you'd have to check
for an alternative earth point. I would have to check the manual but
the dial gauge may have source voltage to it.
> If this proves OK then the gauge may be suspect.
> Do you have a copy of the Delorean Workshop Manual and wiring
diagrams?
> I could copy one for you and post it to you if you haven't.
> Good luck, I have a petrol gauge that reads upside down !
> Nick.
>  "kevin_sar <k@xxxx>" <k@xxxx> wrote:Just to
keep you up to date, with help and information from: Dave
> Howarth. Chris and Andy. I have finally acquired a "De" VIN 5959
from
> Richard Hillman in Lichfield on Sunday.
>
> It needs a little help and TLC though; I need some advice on a
couple
> of problems!
>
> First is that the temperature gauge does not work at all, not even
a
> flicker. I have tried shorting the plug that connects to the sender
> that is on the engine but has no effect at all. I have looked at
the
> circuit diagram for the PRV ( as per Volvo Haynes manual ) engine
and
> it shows only one lead going to the sender not the two that the De
> has. Does anyone have any suggestions or a circuit diagram, or the
> voltages on the leads?
>
> Second what is the alternative part no or source of the bush that
is
> on the bottom of the steering column as it goes through the floor.
> The steering wheel currently shakes like mad and the base moves
about
> one quarter on an inch in every direction!!!
>
> Hope to write an article in the next issue of the mag whit my
> adventures woth #5959.
>
>
> Regards
>
> Kevin #5959 
>   
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