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Was not a problem. Wasn't rusted in place. Had Teflon tape on it. I know that's not recommended by some gauge makers, but the boat came to me that way and it had been working for several years.

Yeah, I thought it was worth asking in case there was an easy answer. But I have now ordered a new gauge and sender.

Could be.

Here's the sender, if that helps.

+12V to 'I'. Resistance in series with 'U' terminal to ground (-).

It's an Atomic 4. Moyer has gauges and matching senders, but the senders are for their gauges.

I need a sender for the temp gauge pictured. It's from a 1972 E-27. Needs a positive temperature coefficient sender, 12V supply. Resistance should be about 90 ohms at 180 F, and 120 ohms at 200 F. The photos show the only identifying marks I could find: "I", "U" and "JAPAN" stamped on the...

Tried them. Couldn't really help other than to offer a new gauge with matching sending unit. I mistakenly said the gauge pegged high when the lead was shorted to ground. Actually it pegs low. I don't know how to edit the post to change that.

My temp sending unit recently failed and reads 41 ohms always. The gauge has no identifying marks I can see except for 'JAPAN' stamped into the back. The gauge face reads from 100 to 220. At 41 ohms the gauge reads 100. Unlike most sending units I've read about here and in other places, this...

Good points. Thanks.

I have no permanent anchor light installed. The MASTHEAD LT. switch controls the steaming light. If I remember correctly, all wires going up the mast are accounted for. Guess I'll have to put a better effort into tracing the wire. I'm hoping it's unused, so I can use that circuit for a...

Here is the switch panel on my 1973 E27. As you can see, a couple of them have apparently been re-purposed. I'm probably missing something obvious, but I can't figure out what the BOW LT. switch is for. All the others are known to me. RUNNING LTS controls the bow red-and-green as well as the...

OK. Good to hear that approx. 1 quart will do. As I said, it looks pretty good now, with no fouling or blemishes. Thank you both for the advice.

Time to repaint the e27 I bought last summer. It has VC17 on it. About how much paint will I need to recoat it? (It looks pretty good right now - no major blemishes or bare spots.)

New owner of a '73 E27. Upon recent haulout I noticed a small rust-colored 'break' in the rudder's surface. It seemed to be slightly wet. Could this be the edge of a metal part breaking through the surface? The attached photos also show a number of small round 'bumps', or 'blisters' that I...