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Rembering it's december. I'm parked at catterick. 3 gritters have gone past. There is snow on the ground. My mirrors have iced over.
What does that temp gauge say?
Dodgy temp gauge
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Jordi
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Dodgy temp gauge
It's not the engine one and it's not my zuk.
Rembering it's december. I'm parked at catterick. 3 gritters have gone past. There is snow on the ground. My mirrors have iced over.
What does that temp gauge say?
Rembering it's december. I'm parked at catterick. 3 gritters have gone past. There is snow on the ground. My mirrors have iced over.
What does that temp gauge say?
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1988 Samurai - Truck Cab & Tray Back - 1.6 8v & HIF44 - Snorkel - Stack Exhaust - PAS, YJs & 33s - Trussed, Gusseted & Pumpkin Capped Axles - 4.3 R&Ps - 4.16 T/Box - Rear Air Locker - Full Float Back Axle & Discs - RCV Front Shafts - X-Eng Handbrake - Custom Fuel Tank
, what lorry do ya drive? 
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Edweird
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Re: Dodgy temp gauge
Had to turn my head upside down. 
Where on earth did it get 15 degrees from? Was that the inside temperature?
Well, I suppose it could be heat from the engine because the were parked.
Where on earth did it get 15 degrees from? Was that the inside temperature?
Well, I suppose it could be heat from the engine because the were parked.
There's three ways of doing things:
The right way,
The wrong way
And my way, which is like the wrong way but faster.
The right way,
The wrong way
And my way, which is like the wrong way but faster.
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Jordi
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Re: Dodgy temp gauge
12 Reg MAN. German "quality". It's the outside temp. Been parked up long enough for the engine to go cold
1988 Samurai - Truck Cab & Tray Back - 1.6 8v & HIF44 - Snorkel - Stack Exhaust - PAS, YJs & 33s - Trussed, Gusseted & Pumpkin Capped Axles - 4.3 R&Ps - 4.16 T/Box - Rear Air Locker - Full Float Back Axle & Discs - RCV Front Shafts - X-Eng Handbrake - Custom Fuel Tank
Re: Dodgy temp gauge
Most outside air temp. gauges are mounted in behind the front bumper which happens to be directly in front of the radiator. So when you are stationary for a while they will read high due to the warmth from the radiator and when you're driving they tend to read low due to wind chill.
I once had an outside air temp reading of -26*c in my work van a year or two back!!!
I once had an outside air temp reading of -26*c in my work van a year or two back!!!
sj413 samurai, pro comp springs, shackles, braided hoses, 10.5x31's bumpers, buckety seats and the best mod in the world a diesel lump (vauxhall 1.5td)
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Jordi
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Re: Dodgy temp gauge
A picture says a 1000 words apparently
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1988 Samurai - Truck Cab & Tray Back - 1.6 8v & HIF44 - Snorkel - Stack Exhaust - PAS, YJs & 33s - Trussed, Gusseted & Pumpkin Capped Axles - 4.3 R&Ps - 4.16 T/Box - Rear Air Locker - Full Float Back Axle & Discs - RCV Front Shafts - X-Eng Handbrake - Custom Fuel Tank
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Edweird
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Re: Dodgy temp gauge
Faster than a zook too.turbo-tom wrote:Wow! that looks a pretty cool rig to drive!
There's three ways of doing things:
The right way,
The wrong way
And my way, which is like the wrong way but faster.
The right way,
The wrong way
And my way, which is like the wrong way but faster.
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Jordi
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Re: Dodgy temp gauge
Keeps me out of bigger mischief. Get a wide and varied selection of work and get to go to all kinds of weird and wonderful places.
Even done a spot of off roading and green laning with it. Wind farms and railway bridges in fields. Even got diff locks on this one. Lol.
Even done a spot of off roading and green laning with it. Wind farms and railway bridges in fields. Even got diff locks on this one. Lol.
1988 Samurai - Truck Cab & Tray Back - 1.6 8v & HIF44 - Snorkel - Stack Exhaust - PAS, YJs & 33s - Trussed, Gusseted & Pumpkin Capped Axles - 4.3 R&Ps - 4.16 T/Box - Rear Air Locker - Full Float Back Axle & Discs - RCV Front Shafts - X-Eng Handbrake - Custom Fuel Tank