water temp gauge 101
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Topic: water temp gauge 101
Posted By: jeickman01
Subject: water temp gauge 101
Date Posted: 15 Jul 2022 at 4:52pm
| So I have removed the instrument cluster on my D17 III and replaced all the gauges. Guess I didn't do a good enough job of photographing the all the back side wiring connections. Temp gauge is not reading. Is there a hot lead that needs to be connected to one of the terminals? Don't see this in any wiring diagram in the I & T manual. |
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Posted By: DrAllis
Date Posted: 15 Jul 2022 at 5:06pm
| You won't find the wiring diagram showing the temp gauge because it isn't electric. All D-17 tractors used a mechanical gauge with a mercury filled bulb. |
Posted By: DSeries4
Date Posted: 15 Jul 2022 at 9:07pm
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DrAllis wrote:Posted By: jeickman01
Date Posted: 16 Jul 2022 at 9:14am
| Thanks for quick help on this. When I cut the lead on the old one i thought it was copper wire but I now see that it is a capillary tube. I don't think that I kinked this on the new one and I know that the bulb on the new one is in contact with the coolant so I must have a bad gauge right out of the box. Wanted to use a repro with the Allis Chalmers labeling but may have to resort to a higher quality aftermarket. |
Posted By: AC720Man
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2022 at 2:02pm
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AGCO gauge isn’t that much more expensive and it’s a good quality gauge. Most aftermarket gauges don’t always look original and there is nothing worse than a gauge that not only reads incorrectly but also looks incorrect. My D17 I recently purchased has a auto temperature gauge and I can’t wait to get rid of it for both of those reasons. New AGCO gauge is ready waiting to be installed after a paint job. ------------- 1968 B-208, 1976 720 (2 of them)Danco brush hog, single bottom plow,52" snow thrower, belly mower,rear tine tiller, rear blade, front blade, 57"sickle bar,1983 917 hydro, 1968 7hp sno-bee, 1968 190XTD |