Cerbera Temperature Gauge
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HELP!!
I desperately need to replace the dual temperature gauge on a 1997 Cerbie.
I have mangaed to track down the part, but I need to fit in ASAP. Can anyone out there help me? Is it a DIY job (I am fairly competent)? Or is it a specialist must?? If I can do it, can anyone out there tell me how??
Thanks for your help in advance!!
Tony
I desperately need to replace the dual temperature gauge on a 1997 Cerbie.
I have mangaed to track down the part, but I need to fit in ASAP. Can anyone out there help me? Is it a DIY job (I am fairly competent)? Or is it a specialist must?? If I can do it, can anyone out there tell me how??
Thanks for your help in advance!!
Tony
Hi Tony
Assuming your '97 is similar to my '96, then changing the gauge is fiddly, but not difficult.
You need to remove the dash cowling that covers the instruments, the panel in the front of the engine bay and the rear engine bay cover.
The sender for the gauge is screwed into the metal housing with the (three?) cooling hoses coming out of it on the nearside under the front panel. You'll need to find something to plug this hole while you remove the old gauge and feed the new capillary through.
The capillary runs back towards the bulkhead and is just cable tied in place. It then passes through a hole in the body on the driver's side above the pedal box and up to the instruments. The throttle cable also passes through this hole. I think the hole is big enough to get the sender through with the throttle cable still in place but if not, you'll need to undo the throttle cable and pull that through first into the footwell to give you room.
With the dash top off, you should be able to see the nuts / bracket that hold the gauge in and you will also need to undo the oil pressure gauge pipe.
As they say in all the best manuals, 'refitting is the reversal of removal'. Obviously you have to be careful not to damage the new capillary when feeding it through the holes and make sure that the sender does not rotate when tightening the threaded collar into the water hose housing.
Hopefully this is enough information.
Good luck
Les
Assuming your '97 is similar to my '96, then changing the gauge is fiddly, but not difficult.
You need to remove the dash cowling that covers the instruments, the panel in the front of the engine bay and the rear engine bay cover.
The sender for the gauge is screwed into the metal housing with the (three?) cooling hoses coming out of it on the nearside under the front panel. You'll need to find something to plug this hole while you remove the old gauge and feed the new capillary through.
The capillary runs back towards the bulkhead and is just cable tied in place. It then passes through a hole in the body on the driver's side above the pedal box and up to the instruments. The throttle cable also passes through this hole. I think the hole is big enough to get the sender through with the throttle cable still in place but if not, you'll need to undo the throttle cable and pull that through first into the footwell to give you room.
With the dash top off, you should be able to see the nuts / bracket that hold the gauge in and you will also need to undo the oil pressure gauge pipe.
As they say in all the best manuals, 'refitting is the reversal of removal'. Obviously you have to be careful not to damage the new capillary when feeding it through the holes and make sure that the sender does not rotate when tightening the threaded collar into the water hose housing.
Hopefully this is enough information.
Good luck
Les
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