tonybcrazy

Okay so I'm trying to get my oil pressure guage working. I got a new sender. I installed it but put teflon tape on the threads forgetting this would isolate the sender. Tomorrow I am gonna take it back off remove the tape and re-install. My real problem is that the condensor for the gage isn't there. I asked some local guys if they had one I could have but got no useful responces. Do any of you guys have one you could send me or maybe pick up ( I live in the phoenix, AZ metro area). Or better yet does anyone know the value of the capacitor so i could just go to a radio shack and pick up one and create my own?

J-Rat

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lol!! I told you, I run my gauge without the condensor.. OR you can buy a capacitor that rates about the same and wire it in.. I can give you the exact specs on that capacitor (which filters noise incidentally), OR you can search for the thread where we talked about it..



Rat

J-Rat

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Here, I found it myself.. Just to show you what a nice maggot I am!


https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...ight=Capacitor

RETed

Teflon tape will not affect the grounding.
It's still a taper thread, and parts of the threaded end will bite through throught he teflon tape if installed correctly.
Look elsewhere for a culprit.


-Ted

tonybcrazy

Yeah I just figured out that it's not the tape and I didn't recieve a bunk sender. Can someone tell j-rat that the gage wont function properly without the condensor. I searched about it and saw a general consensess that the condensor is needed.I mean engineers generally dont put parts onto cars if they dont do anything at all. I'm sure I will get flamed for saying that but oh whatever. I need to look over wiring diagrams again. ugh so much fun!!!

HAILERS

Check for voltage at the senders single wire with the key to ON.

tonybcrazy

What kinda voltage should I see? 12v? And I stand corrected J-rat I just read a post saying that the gage will read the same with the condensor missing. Electrial problems are so much fun.

HAILERS

Look for around 12vdc. If it's not there, you need to remove the Combination meters plugs and find out why. We're ASSUMING the METER fuse if good.

tonybcrazy

Well wouldn't none of my gages work if the meter fuse was blown? My water temp fuel and alternator gages all work fine.

J-Rat

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Yep!! Someone tell me please!! I mean.. DANG! What do I know about FCs?

HAILERS

Ok. Ok, I'll tell you........the gauge won't work right unless the condenser is connected. Your car is obviously broken or else it wouldn't work right, like you say it does.

By the way, my cars are also broken . The oil pressure gauges work (therefore the cars broken) and the condensers are on the shelf in the garage.

Now go fix some board in a DFLCC.

Oh. About the thread poster.........yeah, the meter fuse is good if the other gauges work. I should have just asked if the other gauges work or not.

EDIT: Just for clarity and for the slow heads.......some of this post was *humor*, so please don't blow a gasket or go into a rage. You'll have to seperate the humor from the non humor all by yourself.

tonybcrazy

I said I stood corrected j-rat. I just read some much about saying that the gauge would die if the condensor wasn't there and that the gauge would read off. This information came from IceMark posts. So ahh this board has a ton of condtradicting info on it. Sweet.

J-Rat

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Well, its like this.. I would not consider myself to be a self-proclaimed guru, but I have more rotary experience and knowledge that you can benefit from if you just listen. I did see you said you "stand corrected" and I am not even mad at you. Just be sure to remember this. Icemark, me, Aaron, Sonicrat, Reted, NZConvertible, and the rest can be wrong from time to time. Its called a mistake, and everyone makes them (except Hailers). That gauge works when the condensor is disconnected... Period..

trochoid

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The gauges themselves occasionally fail. If after testing the sender, perhaps even trying another one and the still gauge does not work, pull the instrument cluster. On the back of the gauge are fine white wires wound around a metal strip. If the wires have any discoloration, brown/black, the gauge is probably toast.

tonybcrazy

Yeah I am thinking it must be the guage not working now. I tested the plug that connects to the sender and the condensor and saw about 11.8 volts at each plug with the car off. Now I suspected the gauge was ok cuz the bare wire that was where the condenor used to be grounded out on the chassis once and the gauge went all the way to the high limit. I guess I should look for another gauge. Damn

Hey J-rat you live in AZ right? You wouldn't know where I could getting a guage quick and cheaply would you? And just a gauge not the whole intrument cluster.

Oh and I got an admin to admit they make mistakes. woo hoo they are humans and not robots.