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My Coolant gauge is Teleflex, the Fuel and Oil are both Datcon: I don't really care for the Beede gauges. For coolant I learned to searched for temp reading (100-240): and now I've got a couple extra 280F gauges on the shelf. Look for 24 volt and the lower 'American' sender. Europe has a...
Cool. Now you have time to research the various manufacturers of these gauges and find a more reliable one. I searched on gauge temperature range (100 - 240F), ohm range, and 24 volts.
You will need the various TMs available for your machine. While searching for the NSN of the sender I found a testing procedure in TM 9-6115-642-24:
2-92 COOLANT TEMPERATURE SENDER.
NOTE
Engine must be cool when performing this test
2-92.1 Testing.
a Shut down generator set
b. Open left side...
Check wire connections from sender. Also, make sure gauge is not 'too tight' in the panel. I've read that if you tighten them too much they can hang up....connection screws, mounting bracket, all of them: snug, not tight. I believe the gauge measures resistance of the sender. Ohms...
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