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vwsb74
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 Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 9:48 pm Post subject: cht guage accurate! |
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hi, which cht guage that reads close to accurate reading? I need the 12mm sender aswell. thanks
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tmcdade
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| Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2012 6:05 am Post subject: Re: cht guage accurate! |
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| vwsb74 wrote: |
| hi, which cht guage that reads close to accurate reading? I need the 12mm sender aswell. thanks |
http://www.dakotadigital.com/index.cfm/page/ptype=...prd347.htm
Search the forums, but I think most are buying the 14mm sender and replacing the ring with a 12mm
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vwsb74
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| Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2012 9:13 am Post subject: Re: cht guage accurate! |
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so where can I buy the 12mm ring then?thaks
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Steve Arndt
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| Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2012 11:15 am Post subject: |
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| You can crimp your own with a ring terminal that fits your plug. Cut off the 14mm that comes with the gauge, and crimp the wires to the 12mm ring. |
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tattooed_pariah
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| Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2012 11:41 am Post subject: |
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| Steve Arndt wrote: |
| You can crimp your own with a ring terminal that fits your plug. Cut off the 14mm that comes with the gauge, and crimp the wires to the 12mm ring. |
wasn't there just a thread recently explaining that the ring terminal is actually a thermocouple and needs to be replaced with another one for it to work properly?
I might be wrong, I didn't read it too closely as I'm not at that point yet, but I thought it was saying something like that..
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DarthWeber
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Here:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=509102
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tattooed_pariah
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Thanks Glenn, knew I saw it somewhere and wasn't just remembering what the voices mumble... 
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Steve Arndt
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| Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2012 8:16 am Post subject: |
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| We don't need to have another debate about TC theory. The ring is just a generic AMP crimp ring terminal. |
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W1K1
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| Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2012 9:43 am Post subject: |
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how much does it affect the readings if you lose 1/4" when grinding off the old ring terminal? 
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Steve Arndt
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| Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2012 3:51 pm Post subject: |
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| It won't change the reading if you duplicate the positioning and heat transfer into the crimp containing the hot junction of the two TC wires. |
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