Re: [AMC-list] It was Water

["Armand Eshleman" <aje1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Joe,

If you start using hydrogen you'll have to get an oxygen tank too, or the
rocket motor won't work in outer space................

Sorry couldn't resist.

Actually you may have stumbled onto something. Let us know when you get more
fuel in the tank if the gauge continues to read appropriately. What an easy
fix for a bad fuel gauge, just sub in the guts from a temp gauge !!!

Armand

P.S. The cat now has specific instructions to stay off the car, boy did he
ever give me a dirty look when I told him no fish for a month as his
punishment for being on the car.........


----- Original Message ----- 

From: "Joe Fulton" <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 9:02 PM
Subject: [AMC-list] It was Water


> I checked the leak on the Rambler last night and it was coolant (actually
water), coming from the coolant sensor which was not tightened into the
manifold far enough.  I re-torqued the head and tonight I'll warm it up
again and then adjust the valves.
>
> I took another look at the dash though and realized that I made a mistake
when I reassembled it.  I now have two (cool-hot) coolant temperature gauges
in the dash, one for engine temp and another for fuel level. The correct
fuel gauge bezel is there but the gauge reads c-h instead of e-f. Duh.  In
my (weak) defense, I had some problems putting the instrument cluster back
in the dash. It's a really tight fit and will only go in one way.  I had
dropped the cover plates off of the gauges while wrestling it into the dash
the first time and after a few choice words I had to take the whole thing
back to the workbench and re-clinch the metal tabs.  I must have picked up
the wrong gauge.  They are interchangeable in size so there was no problem
with fit. But I didn't notice the error until I actually needed to read the
gauges.  I might just leave it that way if the fuel gauge gives reasonable
readings.  I already know it moves off the peg with two gallons of
>  fuel in the tank.  I'll just tell people that one part of the gauge is
for carbon based fuel (C) and the other end is for hydrogen (H).
>
> Joe Fulton
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