Temp gauge trouble

[fredrader]

I need a new temp and oil gauge for the deuce..I checked Satern but they didn't show a temp gauge..Any Ideas??
My oil pressure gauge still works but it reads 30 and if I tap it it goes up higher and stays there a while and comes back down..My temp gauge worked great untill I was on my wat back from picking up my 2nd trailer and it went from 180 to just past 240 and stayed there..I got home and shut the truck off for a couple hours and startet it back up..It seemed to be working ok and all of a sudden it went past 240 again..It had only been running about 10 min so I know the engine was still cold..

 

[mangus580]

Fred, try wiggling the connections for the temp gauge... Usually gauges will peg, if they dont have a good connection to their sender.

 

[mangus580]

Oh yeah... saturn has them anyway http://www.saturnsurplus.com/gauges/gauges.htm

 

[fredrader]

Cool,I hope that will fix it..I'll give it a try tomorrow..Thanks

 

[cranetruck]

Don't overlook this connection....

 

[marksgarage2]

My temp gauge did the same thing a few moths ago. I Wiggled and cleaned connections. Still read 240. Swapped it out and good to go.

 

[fredrader]

I figured It couldn't be something simple since it is on my truck..I'll pop the cluster out and check it out..