[DML] Re: Otterstat cross reference? (Jumpering & Bypassing)

["content22207" <brobertson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Do you know how to jump it? (Just tie the lines together). Will get
you through until a new switch is available.

Owners really need know how to jump/bypass a variety of systems:
- Cooling fans (otterstat & fan fail)
- Fuel pump (RPM relay and inertia ground)
- Headlight master switch (or headlight relays themselves -- no
side/tail lights)
- Turn signals through hazard switch
- Rheostat lines (dash illumination)
- Cold start injector
- Starter solenoid
- Starter ignition relay (bypass resistors)

Plus:
- Idle manually vs CIS
- Manually move door lock cam (inside door)
- xRef tachometer / MPH

In a pinch, will at least get you home. I've had to do so many times
in my DeLo career -- requisite hot start failure, stuck idle speed
motor, melted headlight master switch, and lost fuel pump ground. Ran
with manually jumped cooling fans *TO* Pigeon Forge. I'm still running
tach xRefs (helpful hint: make a custom chart and tape it to the
instrument cluster lens -- is readable through rear illumination at
night). 

Bill Robertson
#5939

>--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Tom" <tomciodmc@xxxx> wrote:
> Hello again
> 
> I need some help. My otterstat is on its way out and it's turning
the fans 
> on at higher and higher temps. It's gotten to a point that it makes me 
> uncomfortable watching that temp gauge rise to 220 for the fans to
come on. 
> Those things seem to fail pretty often. I replaced mine about two
years ago 
> and it's already gone.... strange.
> Anyway, does anyone have a cross reference or original manufacturer
part 
> number for the otterstat? It really makes no sense for me to order
one from 
> the US. Shipping will probably cost more that the part itself. Plus
it will 
> take a long time for me to get the part... I'm  in Poland.
> I promise to keep my mouth shut and I will not tell anyone what that
number 
> is :) I just need it for my car.
> I can always take mine out of the car and find a replacement that
way, but I 
> don't want to put the car out of commission again! I just started
driving it 
> after a three month engine work... it was way too long. Talk about
turning a 
> $50 job into a $500 job.
> 
> Thank you in advance
> 
> Tom Niemczewski
> jamesik@xxxx
> VIN 6149 (in Poland!)
> Save the dream so you can live the dream...






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