Temp gage

[coff52]

I posted and found out I have a 1966 ford 2000 from the numbers I sent in. Last year I replaced the temp sending unit and the gage worked fine all year. This year the gage is not working so I shut the tractor off. I checked the wiring due to squirrels and the wire was fine. Is there a way to check the gage itself or could the sending unit have gone bad that quick?

 

[sotxbill]

take the wire off sending unit and ground it. with key on, the guage should move to hot. do same thing at back of guage.. run a wire from the sending unit post to ground and the gauge should go to hot..

 

[coff52]

I grounded the wire with the key on and the gage did not move. It got dark so had to quit until tomorrow. I hope I do not have to buy that whole instrument panel because my tractor has an alternator on it so the RPM doesn't work anyway. It is an old tractor and suits what I need. I would like for all the gages to work but I at least want the oil pressure and temp gages to work. Do they make a single gage that will fit that will work?

 

[sotxbill]

make sure the power wire that comes off the fuel gauge didnt pop off.