Using the "Low Coolant" IP Lamp
04-25-2009, 01:19 AM
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Using the "Low Coolant" IP Lamp All -
OK, so after walking thru a "You Pull it" salvage yard, as seeing a number of different GM Windshield Wiper Fluid level sensors, I had an epiphany.
My radiator’s Low Coolant Level sensor has been disconnected for over two years, due to the sensor’s failure. I decided to put that indicator in the IP to better use.
I took a “reclaimed” GM wiper fluid level sensor (a normally open switch with a float) and placed it in the cap of my Methanol tank (which, in my case, is a 2 gallon gas tank) via a 1.25 dia hole.
Then, a found the “Low Coolant” signal wire (0.35mm Yel / Blk on my 96) which goes from the IP to the “Low Coolant” sensor in the radiator and routed it to my “new” Methanol level sensor. After running a ground wire, it was finished.
I now have an IP-located Methanol level indicator, and you can too!
: )
OK, so after walking thru a "You Pull it" salvage yard, as seeing a number of different GM Windshield Wiper Fluid level sensors, I had an epiphany.
My radiator’s Low Coolant Level sensor has been disconnected for over two years, due to the sensor’s failure. I decided to put that indicator in the IP to better use.
I took a “reclaimed” GM wiper fluid level sensor (a normally open switch with a float) and placed it in the cap of my Methanol tank (which, in my case, is a 2 gallon gas tank) via a 1.25 dia hole.
Then, a found the “Low Coolant” signal wire (0.35mm Yel / Blk on my 96) which goes from the IP to the “Low Coolant” sensor in the radiator and routed it to my “new” Methanol level sensor. After running a ground wire, it was finished.
I now have an IP-located Methanol level indicator, and you can too!
: )
