[FC] Re: <VV> A Rampside Trip

[J R Read_HML]

I'll think about it.  They don't always come out so easily and I'd sure hate 
to break one of those puppies.

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Later, JR
'61 Rampside Standard 4/110
'65 Monza Convertible 4/140 (times 2 for now)
'66 beater Coupe - icemobile 4/140 (1/2 ownership)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Merv Krull and or Loretta Prosser" <krupross at sunwave.net>
To: "The Corvanatics list" <corvanatics at corvair.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 12:06 AM
Subject: Re: [FC] Re: <VV> A Rampside Trip


> Take the sender unit out of your convert and try it in the rampside and 
> see if the readings are the same....???? If yes, try switching temp 
> gauges....?????
> Merv Krull
> Salmon Arm, BC
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "J R Read_HML" <hmlinc at sbcglobal.net>
> To: "The Corvanatics list" <corvanatics at corvair.org>
> Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 10:44 AM
> Subject: Re: [FC] Re: <VV> A Rampside Trip
>
>
>> Well, yes I realize that and maybe I'm going to get used to seeing it at 
>> 400.  But once it got past 400, I was getting needle bounce - sort of 
>> like you get on a speedometer just before a speedo cable lets go.  THAT 
>> made me uncomfortable as some of the swings were close to 50 degrees (of 
>> temp) and I decided not to push quite so hard on the throttle.  I was 
>> mentally averaging the swings when I reported "spikes" to 425.  The 
>> needle actually momentarily (fraction of a second) touched 450 a few 
>> times.
>>
>> Now, the dash and the thermister have been in there less than a year and 
>> I typically have only driven the Rampside on cooler days - when it was 
>> too cool to be comfortable in a topless convertible.  So, I don't yet 
>> have a great deal of experience with the current arrangement - especially 
>> not on warm, humid days.
>>
>> I guess I'm just used to seeing more like 375 on the gauge and I began to 
>> wonder if something was going on.  It is hard to hear the engine in a 
>> Rampside even with the windows down.  But, I did not detect any ping or 
>> other strange sounds, so drove on.
>>
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>>
>> Later, JR
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Ron" <ronh at owt.com>
>> To: "J R Read_HML" <hmlinc at sbcglobal.net>; "VirtualVairs AA" 
>> <VirtualVairs at corvair.org>
>> Cc: "Corvanatics AB" <corvanatics at corvair.org>
>> Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 11:40 AM
>> Subject: [FC] Re: <VV> A Rampside Trip
>>
>>
>>> Don't forget that the temperature indication doesn't mean much in an 
>>> absolute sense.
>>> RonH
>>>
>>
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