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  1. 12-17-2006 06:42 AM #1
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    Just coil it up. Be sure not to kink it. Its not a wire but a liquid filled tube.
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    Quote Originally Posted by cffisher
    Just coil it up. Be sure not to kink it. Its not a wire but a liquid filled tube.
    I guess some are diferent,mine is wire.
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  4. 12-17-2006 10:58 AM #4
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    Quote Originally Posted by BigTruckDriver
    I guess some are diferent,mine is wire.
    Yours would me an electrical temp gauge, the ones with the capilary tube and coiled wire around it are a mechanical temp gauge....
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  5. 12-17-2006 11:11 AM #5
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    Chevy started using electrical temp senders with an actual wire in '56. Before that they were the capilary tubes filled with ether.
    Sometimes NOW are the "good old days"...
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