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HAZZARDCOUNTY100
Joined: 22 Mar 2009 Posts: 12
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Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2010 3:15 pm Post subject: Toyota starlet |
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Here is a question that someone might know. I have a 1988 toyota starlet, not a classic just yet but getting that way. This morning i knocked the wire off the temp sender. When looking at the wire closely i noticed a resister that had snapped in two. I then placed the wire on the sender mounted on the engine then found the gauge nolonger worked. So i removed the resister and placed the lucar back on the switch. I then noticed the temp gauge go up to the top. Can i assume that the resister is there to regulate the resistance from the temp sender. It doesn't look like a standard part, or has someone put the wrong temp sender in and has had to put a resister in line to regulate it... help. |
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Bob Kellock
Joined: 31 Jul 2010 Posts: 5 Location: S.W. Wiltshire
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Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2010 11:02 pm Post subject: |
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Does the resistor have any lettering or colour bands on it? _________________ Bob
http://www.chainganger.co.uk/ |
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Nic Jarman
Joined: 05 Oct 2008 Posts: 1031 Location: Stoke by Clare, Suffolk
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Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 9:38 am Post subject: |
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It may well be there to limit the current. Bypass it at your peril. Remember it is very important to keep the smoke inside the wires. _________________ 1936 Morris 8 Series 1
1973 MGB roadster
1977 MG Midget 1500
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peter scott
Joined: 18 Dec 2007 Posts: 7119 Location: Edinburgh
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HAZZARDCOUNTY100
Joined: 22 Mar 2009 Posts: 12
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Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 1:34 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks all. Ity's not as basic as my A30, but close. I have been to toyota today who were as much help as chocolate T pot. I have now purchase a new resistor, which makes the gauge operate properly. But i'm a believer in keeping every thing as it come out of the factory.. |
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Rick Site Admin
Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 22449 Location: UK
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HAZZARDCOUNTY100
Joined: 22 Mar 2009 Posts: 12
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Posted: Sat Aug 14, 2010 11:43 am Post subject: The A30 |
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I have owned her just over two years. I'll up load some pictures for you all but this may take sometime as i havent got a clue how to do this. It's had two owners and has covered 65000 miles. I love it to bits. I have been lucky enough to own some wonderfull cars in my time, from a 69 Dodge Charger to a r33 nismo nissan skyline. But they don't give me the same smile as the Austin does.[img
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Richard H
Joined: 03 Apr 2009 Posts: 2148 Location: Lincolnshire, UK
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Posted: Sat Aug 14, 2010 11:50 pm Post subject: |
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Oooh nice A30!
I like Toyota Starlets, they are getting very rare now. _________________ Richard Hughes |
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