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rev the bugger for 5 min when it,s hot already ,3500rpm fixed mine,Richard

Hi, I may be able to throw light on fixing a faulty gauge sender, I have just got two duff ones working ,ask!

Hi, I expect you have already made sure the feed [12v+] contact on the gauge is live ,fed from the printed circuit,if so and you earth the other contact it should,as I,m sure you know, go all the way up.It sounds as though it may well be the gauge but this simple test will confirm,cheers Richard.

Hi ,I,m new on here so not sure if this is where I comment, but after trying to obtain a new oil gauge sender [1973 v8] and failing to locate one that replaces the Smiths PT1812 [ OE No] exactly I prized the top off one of my dud ones ,cleaned the spring contact to the copper pickup under the...

my 73 V8S was garaged after living under covers outside and being started every few weeks for years, when garaged I didn,t bother :it,s in the warm and dry ,so after 5 months I went to get it out for a run ,fired up fine but the oil light was slow to go out and the gauge hardly moved ,I turned...

Hi ,I was advised to go for a quality 15/50 multigrade mineral oil as the V8 oil seals and Hydraulic tappets are not keen on sythetic or semi synth oils,Richard [ ps I,m sure your aware to warm the motor up before draining]