FE-FC Holden Discussion Forum

Gday Guys,
              Blue slip on Thursday,Registered yesterday !
Great moment for Dad and I yesterday,took the car for its first "legal" drive !
Car is excellent, quiet as a church mouse,rides smooth and all in all a real delight !
A few little bugs to work out,but really happy with the car and our accomplishment.
One question though,The temperature light..............
The temperature sender appears to be faulty,the light came on 5-10 mins into my drive home from work yesterday
and stayed on for the duration.
I pulled over three different times to check the cooling system,there was no steam,no overflow and no bubbling at all
but the light stayed on.
This really robbed me of the joy of driving the car because all i was doing was watching the traffic and the temperature gauge,
by the time i got home i was distressed and felt pretty ordinary.
I pulled the sender unit out and found it to be clean as a whistle.
The head has been done as you know,the block has been water blasted and completely cleaned out of any debris,new thermostat,re cored radiator
new hoses etc etc.
I flushed the radiator again this morning and it appears clean.i started up the car to warm it up while i opened the gate and when i got into the car the light was on again after around 4
minutes of warming up with choke half on.
Dad seems to think it is a faulty sender switch and after my investigation i concur,the trouble is i cant seem to find anywhere to buy one.
There seems to be an inordinate amount oil pressure switches on E bay and alike but no temperature senders ? 
Any thoughts would be appreciated !

   

 Well done on the rego part, i agree sounds like a faulty sender i picked up my new senders from repco part number CTS124 champion brand.
cheers
Scott

Gold!!!
I'm jealous too

have a look at the side of the switch - if you have a 217F switch then this is the problem. You must have a 226F switch - part number 7413228 with the original bullet head or 7406993 with spade fitting

Ken

Congrats, Rich. That's great news.

Well done, you and your dad must be so proud to have the car back on the road. To be able to share that moment together knowing how much it means to both of you. Good luck and enjoy the drives for as long as you can, hopefully we can meet up on the road somewhere when I get mine running.
Best wishes, Jim

Maybe fitting a guage would be a better way to know your temp,and no stress! ;D

Hi guys,

Congratulations Rich, on a job well done. Enjoy the ride and the looks when your out and about. A couple of pictures would be good.

Rusty

  A mechanical one at that no electrical issues ;D

Thanks a lot guys !

Ken, the sender is 226F,Rare spares dont have them and i haven't been able to track one down,should i try to source
a nos unit or get a compatible after market unit as collecta suggested ?

Also i have developed a hole in the muffler,its too big to patch,should i just take it to a muffler shop or a specialist in Holden exhausts or can i buy the right unit from somewhere and just do it myself?

I will post some pictures soon, I was going to Eastern creek tomorrow to catch up with everyone but Dad isn't up to it,we went to the all Holden day last week but only stayed for 30 mins or so
because Dad was too tired.

Anyway, thank you to all,much appreciated !

find a nice old exhaust shop should be under $150 fitted for a muffeler i think.

Congratulations on getting the FC back on the road, a good job well done.

Our "friend" on ebay does have the correct senders for sale. I have know idea if this is a good price or not and have never dealt with him.

Ebay Item #190791726677

Cheers Stewy   8)

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Rich,

Well done.

You can troubleshoot the sender by putting it in a saucepan of water and bringing it up to the boil - connect a multimeter between the body of the sender and the terminal.  If the sender is faulty the contacts will close (low resistance) before the water boils.

The workshop manual suggests using a bath of oil and a thermometer, which allows you to go above 212 degrees F.

Rob

She's gorgeous and enjoy  8)

Well done Rich she does look fantastic.  :P

Regards

Wayne b

Looking awesome.
Gotta love a single tone FC.
Congrats!!!

Rich

Fantastic job.
Enjoy the driving.

Regards
Craig D

It is looking real nice Rich.  Enjoy the driving after all the hard work done to get the car finished.

Keith

Rich,

Your car likes very much like my first FC, does your FC have black & red interior as mine did.

You have a very nice ride.

It was great to catch up on Sunday at Eastern Creek.

Cheers
John

John, thanks again for the lap around Eastern Creek in your excellent car on Sunday !!
Yes my car has the original interior which is red and black,it also has the original hood lining.
My car is all original except for the paint,I think someone tried to give it a " freshen up"
in the 70s and painted it its current colour,It definitely lets the car down in that respect.
The factory colour is Wangarra grey and Ascot grey.
I chose not to touch the body or paint at the time because of the time factor with Dad.
I just wanted to get it up and running and registered and enjoy it.
But the car does look good at 20/20, -that is at 20 metres away at 20 miles an hour !:)
Lets put it this way,I wouldnt want to park it next to yours!! Actually i wouldnt want to park it next to any
of the club cars !
But mission accomplished anyway,its up and running and registered.

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Rich,

Park it anywhere you want, and next to anyone. The job's done and done well.

Rusty

Rusty t is absolutely 100% correct . I've restored many original old cars [mostly old holdens] and modified even more. Some I had to modify out of necessity. I still enjoy a quiet look over any old survivor especially if they have been used for most or all of their life. With the knowledge that a lot of the repo parts now available were not in the late 60's early 70's and a lot of the mods just kept the old girls on the road. Just drive it and enjoy, like we did in the 60's 70's and 80's when nobody was noticing them. Cheers.

Hi Rich,

I wouldn't want to park it next to yours!! Actually i wouldn't want to park it next to any
of the club cars ! "I think you are being a little hard on yourself".

You can park your car next to mine all day every day with no problems at all.

From what I can remember your car interior & exterior is the same as what I had .

John