Mechanical water temp gauge - fitting

[Gymnast]

I have an oil pressure/water temp combined gauge I got from Think Automotive a while back. I fitted the oil pressure last night but now I have to work out where to fit the water temp sensor.

Has anyone fitted one of these before? Where did you put it?

I don't have the dimension of the sensor with me but I can put them up later, but I think the sender is about 4cm long from the thread. I thought about putting it in the blanking plate on the head but IIRC there isn't enough room inside.

Any ideas would be appreciated :)

[markey b]

assuming you'r talking about a c1j...

drill and tap or drill and weld a boss onto the plate on the side of the head on the pass side, or make a section of pipe to fit into ya top rad hose, like a dump valve tee piece, but with a sensor in where the d/v would be

[James5]

I used a T piece in the top rad hose, (I still have the T piece as a spare now as the water gauge bit broke) all my parts where think auto

[Spooky]

Bit like that ? Cheers 'M' :D

http://www.rtoc.org/boards/album.php?albumid=53&pictureid=7612

[markey b]

yup yup :)

[markey b]

or here...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0803/os8472/endplate.jpg

[Gymnast]

Thanks for the suggestions guys :cool:

[THE MASTER]

gingles ive got a spare end plate ;)

[Gymnast]

gingles ive got a spare end plate ;)

Thanks mate, I've got one in the box that the gauge was in ... guess I took it off one of my other heads a while ago :)

Does anyone know the inner diameter of the top rad hose between bleed screw and rad?

[clee]

I'll give you a hint .....

http://www.rtoc.org/boards/album.php?albumid=53&pictureid=7610

[Gymnast]

I'll give you a hint .....

http://www.rtoc.org/boards/album.php?albumid=53&pictureid=7610

Hmm, not sure ... but at a guess I'd say it looks surprisingly like 32mm :cool: :agree: