Re: Scout 80 - temperature gauge help

[John.Townley@domain.elided (John Townley)]

John,

I printed off your FAQ entry, and took it to my local 
electronics supply store. $10.13 later, I walked out
the door with all the necessary components. Spent about
15 minutes soldering and bolting in my living room. Took
the unit out to the garage for bench testing.... My eyes
almost bugged out of my head.... 4.99 volts output. Hey
this thing is going to work. Mounted it to the firewall
behind the dash, hooked up all of the wires to the guages,
and it DID work. I now know how much fuel I have in the
tanks, and also what my operating temperature *range* is...

I thank you sir for your entry and your response to my
problem...

For those of you out there with Scout 80's with the same
problem, this fix worked for me, and it was relatively
cheap to boot.....

Thanks again,

John Townley
San Diego, CA
65 Scout 80


P.S. John, didn't I see somewhere that you are from Olympia
WA??? I was up there over Christmas visiting my sister who
lives there....




> 
> John,
> 
> You have a couple of choices I would think.
> 
> I'm not familiar with the instrument assembly you were describing, but it's
> function sounds very similar to the way the Scout II series works.  The
> Scout II's (and various other later IH vehicles) also use a 5 volt Constant
> Voltage Regulator.  Probably the best all around long term fix is to
> install a replacement solid state regulator verses trying to find a
> suitable mechanical one.  Any mechanical one you find will be at least 20
> years old by now and it's only a matter of time before it will fail too.
> I've been using the solid state CV regulator I made for many months now
> (forgot when I installed it) and it has worked perfectly in all conditions.
> 
> The FAQ at the Binder Bulletin web site has instructions on how to add a
> solid state CV regulator to a Scout II, but the principles will be the same
> for your 80.  The electronic regulator will be the same, only you will have
> to decide how and where would be the best way to mount it, etc.  The FAQ
> you need to read is at http://www.binderbulletin.com/faq/4.htm#12.
> 
> After you read it, please feel free to e-mail me off-list if you have
> specific questions and I'll try to help in any way I can.
> 
> Happy New Year,
> 
> John
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