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No, I don't have an electric fan installed. I didn't even know that could be done.
digiacomo said:do you have an electric fan installed???........i've seem a few of these rigs [including my old bounder] with one in the front end...........i haven't used mine yet..... but they say they help alot especially in traffic.........and setting still........i have mine wired direct to a switch on the dash.....
I have no clue. The temperature gauge and the oil pressure gauge have never worked since I owned this thing. Both have been pegged at max either off or on. This thing has a lot of small electrical problems like that. Even if they did work I could never see them from the drivers seat without standing up since they are so poorly located. I just got a set of gauges at the auto parts store and had a mechanic install them. So this is the first time I had a clue as to what temperature it was running at.34footer said:You drove that MH all over during the summer, what temp was it running then?
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It's usually an easy fix in a GM. If it's always pegged, you should be able to un-peg it by moving the needle past the stopper that's leaving it pegged. You just have to take things apart to get into the dash. IIRC, sometimes you might have to bring back the needle more than 360 degrees for it to work correctly. But if you can get your finger on the needle, you should be able to fix it yourself.seilerbird said:I have no clue. The temperature gauge and the oil pressure gauge have never worked since I owned this thing. Both have been pegged at max either off or on. This thing has a lot of small electrical problems like that. Even if they did work I could never see them from the drivers seat without standing up since they are so poorly located. I just got a set of gauges at the auto parts store and had a mechanic install them. So this is the first time I had a clue as to what temperature it was running at.
I don't think it is a problem with the gauges reading high. It reads 190 as I am cruising at 50 mph or so. The problem only pops up when I sit at a traffic light for two minutes and the temperature rises 20 to 30 degrees. I have never had a vehicle do that before so I am guessing something must be wrong. Adding fans might be a good temporary fix but I feel like I really need to get the radiator removed and rodded out.34footer said:Are the new gauges a top quality, like Stewart Warner, Autometer, Sun? If not, and you are not boiling over, the gauge could just be reading high.
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The factory gauges are worthless. Even if they worked perfectly they are useless if I can't see them when I am driving down the road. It is a poorly designed cockpit. There used to be an overhead bunk above the drivers seat. I felt like I was sitting in a bucket when I drove the motorhome. I couldn't even see the speedometer, much less the gauges. I removed the bunk and raised the seat up 4 inches. Now I can see the road and the speedometer but the only way I can see the gauges is to stand up, which is not a good idea to stand up every minute when I am driving. Fixing the old gauges never crossed my mind. I had to install 3rd party gauges in a place where I can see them when I am operating the vehicle.DonTom said:It's usually an easy fix in a GM. If it's always pegged, you should be able to un-peg it by moving the needle past the stopper that's leaving it pegged. You just have to take things apart to get into the dash. IIRC, sometimes you might have to bring back the needle more than 360 degrees for it to work correctly. But if you can get your finger on the needle, you should be able to fix it yourself.
I had that problem in two old GM vans and fixed them both myself. However, the reason they might be pegged to begin with could be from a bad connection on the sensors. With no connection, they peg. If they peg past the needle stopper, they will stay pegged even when everything is off.
But more than likely, somebody once worked on that thing with the sensors disconnected and then turned on the ignition and didn't know what to do from there when the needles pegged or didn't want to take the time to fix the pegged needles.
-Don- SF, CA
Oh, perhaps they were disconnected from their sensors. Perhaps the sensors were used to run the non-stock gauges and that would explain why the stock gauges are now stuck pegged.seilerbird said:The factory gauges are worthless. Even if they worked perfectly they are useless if I can't see them when I am driving down the road. It is a poorly designed cockpit.
Nope, the sensors were hooked up properly. There is several problems with my instrument cluster. The temp and oil gauges are pegged at all times, either with the ignition on or off, or with the sensors hooked up or not. When I turn on my headlights the right blinker indicator glows. The right blinker works fine. The high beam light glows, and the high beams and low beams work fine. Sounds to me like someone has crossed a wire somewhere.DonTom said:Oh, perhaps they were disconnected from their sensors. Perhaps the sensors were used to run the non-stock gauges and that would explain why the stock gauges are now stuck pegged.
-Don- SF, CA
Ranger -That was an old post of mine under a different id.ranger magnum said:Ive been dealing with what I believe to be higher than normal engine temps. In the desert during the summer, with outside air temps at or above 100, my 87 454 powered bounder is seeing temps hit 250 while pulling grades.