Temp Guage Acting Up

[Corso Marche]

When I bought my Chimaera (1995 4.0 de-cat) the temp guage always mis-read. With the ignition off the needle always dropped lower to the left than any of the other guages and when driving the needle pointing at 50' meant it was actually 70',(quarter back from 50' was actually 50'), 70' was 90', you get the idea. Rob Ingleby found the car for me and said it wasn't anything serious to worry about, I still agree with that as it just appears that the needle is mounted a little wrong on the guage. The radiator fans still operate correctly, cutting in and out at the required temps. Thing is, the temp guage has now stopped reading altogether, just stopped registering one day out of the blue.
Anybody else had a similar problem or any advice to offer ? Kinda hoping it's a common problem that perhaps others might have come across before.
Thanks.

[Paulgooner]

My temp gauge is very much like yours, I found that the spade connector that fits onto the sensor was corroded, and this may have caused a resistance change,which caused my problem. Try looking at the this, I think that if you take the connector off and short down to earth, the gauge should read full scale. Or is it zero??!!. It could just need a bit of cleaning

[Corso Marche]

Cheers Paul, I'll have a look over the weekend and check that.