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Re: [GMCnet] Second Oil Pressure Sender [message #316645 is a reply to message #316636]

Wed, 26 April 2017 11:54

Jerry Wheeler

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Registered: January 2013

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I have had my Digipanel since 2000. In 2003, I was going from Sacramento
to Reno, over Donner Summit. About half way up, the alarm came on for hot
radiator water. I pulled over and we had steam boiling out from under the
coach. Turns out, my old upper radiator hose had sagged enough for the fan
belt to cut the hose and loss of radiator water. The low radiator light on
my GMC apparently did not work. In 2005, I was going from Boise to the
Oregon coast. On a 16 mile straight stretch, tooling along at 70 mph, I
saw steam just rolling out from under the coach. I pulled over just as the
Digipanel alarm went off. In this case, the Digipanel did not sound soon
enough as I had a radiator leak and I ended up with a warped head. This
lead me to getting a Paterson rebuilt 403. My low radiator alarm still
does not work and I should get around to fixing it one of these days. In
2015, I put a Digipanel in my daughters coach; I mounted both Digipanels on
top of the dash board, centered with the steering wheel. At this location,
I can see it easily and it does not interfere with our view of the road.

JR Wheeler 78 Royale NC/OR

note: about May 18th, give or take a day or two, I will be driving a 78
Royale to Emmett, Idaho, to deliver it to some friends who bought it from a
local friend here in NC. My route will be Interstate 40 to Nashville, then
24 to Paducah, KY, then to St Louis, east on 70 to Limon, CO, then 24 thru
Colorado Springs to Buena Vista, CO, to visit a high school friend, then 50
back to 70 and into Utah, then 15 north till I pick up 84, then east to
Boise and onto Emmett.

On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 10:24 AM, Bob Dunahugh wrote:

> I've had the Digi Panel from Applied since 2003. The alarm feature with
> LED gauges have saved my engine twice with a coolant issue. Standard
> gauges are fine. BUT can't get your attention to let you know of a problem.
> Some say that they watch their gauges all the time. I see that as GOOD
> LUCK. I want to enjoy the sites, and problems on the road. I'll let the
> panel monitor my engine. All you need to do is not look at your gauges for
> under 3 minutes. And YOU can loose a very expensive engine. Then loose a
> vacation, and end up having your GMC on a hook. And you in a motel. Three
> night there can cost you almost $300. I think the panel is $290. Cheep
> insurance for saving you engine, and a vacation. 78 GMC's have a coolant
> monitoring system in the dash if the coolant gets low. I'll still take the
> panel. Bob Dunahugh 78 Royale
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