When installing a Temp gauge
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Regular electrical wire.
Yes it's fairly easy.
Goto the home improvement store (orchard supply for me) and get an 1/8 NPT tap (warning, I ***-u-me that you are using an autometer guage, if not, find out what thread pitch your sender is!!!!!!!!!!!!!!). Find out what drill bit you're supposed to use with that 1/8 NPT tap (I don't know off the top of my head) and get that drill bit too.
Drain coolant enough to get the water level below the neck of the thermostat. Remove the water pump neck, and thermostat, and set aside. Find a suitable spot (far enough down to not interfere with the thermostat. Don't use the bolt holes for the air pump bracket, it'll put your sender too far away from coolant flow, better off in the thinner wall of the housing), and drill your hole. Put a big dollop of grease on the drill bit to catch the metal flakes. Once you drill the hole, insert the tap (also coated with grease), and turn (as if you were tightening a bolt). Once you get the tap all the way through, remove it, clean up the grease and shavings. Coat the threads of the water temp sender with a sealant (I used sensor safe RTV), and install.
Fill coolant again, and wire up your sender.
Go slow, and you should be ok. But this is tricky, you may want to find a friend familar with taps/dies to help you with this.
Regards,
PaulC
Yes it's fairly easy.
Goto the home improvement store (orchard supply for me) and get an 1/8 NPT tap (warning, I ***-u-me that you are using an autometer guage, if not, find out what thread pitch your sender is!!!!!!!!!!!!!!). Find out what drill bit you're supposed to use with that 1/8 NPT tap (I don't know off the top of my head) and get that drill bit too.
Drain coolant enough to get the water level below the neck of the thermostat. Remove the water pump neck, and thermostat, and set aside. Find a suitable spot (far enough down to not interfere with the thermostat. Don't use the bolt holes for the air pump bracket, it'll put your sender too far away from coolant flow, better off in the thinner wall of the housing), and drill your hole. Put a big dollop of grease on the drill bit to catch the metal flakes. Once you drill the hole, insert the tap (also coated with grease), and turn (as if you were tightening a bolt). Once you get the tap all the way through, remove it, clean up the grease and shavings. Coat the threads of the water temp sender with a sealant (I used sensor safe RTV), and install.
Fill coolant again, and wire up your sender.
Go slow, and you should be ok. But this is tricky, you may want to find a friend familar with taps/dies to help you with this.
Regards,
PaulC
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