Another place for temp sender?

[macx]

I don't have one of the t-stat housings with a threaded bung.

Is there any other place to screw in a temp gauge sender?
Want to check my oem gauge.

Thx

 

[03ranger30]

I'm also interested in this....I want to get a separate temp gauge so I can actually know what the temp of the coolant is

 

[Explorin94]

Pull the t-stat housing drill and tap it for the sender. It is pretty easy if you have all the correct drill bits and taps. If not then dump the factory 1 wire sender and put you new sender there.

 

[macx]

I've got the stamped metal / tube T-stat housing, so not near enuf thickness
to drill and tap.

I know they make them with a threaded bung, but they're something like $30 or so,
plus all the work with the fan etc.

Was hoping there was another port on the block or head someplace.

I've got a "water sender attachment" on another engine and it works fine, and is easy to install. It's an aluminum tube that you put in your upper radiator hose, with a threaded port for the sender. About $20 on ebay.

Just do a search on ebay for "water sender attachment"

It doesn't register much of anything until the T-stat opens, but I guess that's when it's most important to know the coolant tempanyway. If you put it in the upper radiator hose close to the T-stat, it'll show you the temp of the coolant just after it comes out of the engine.

 

[Hahnsb2]

Build a T with some 1/2" NPT fittings to splice into a heater hose.

 

[LIMA BEAN]

Build a T with some 1/2" NPT fittings to splice into a heater hose.

 

[azreb]

Adapters for mounting temp sensors in the radiator hose are available. One is:

http://prosport.en.alibaba.com/product/253455807-209466964/30mm_Water_Temp_Auto_Gauge_Sensor.html

 

[03ranger30]

Guess there really isn't a way to do it without losing coolant..oh well, nothing is easy

 

[macx]

I was thinking about doing the T thing in the heater hose that comes from the water pump - at least it sees constant flow instead of waiting till the T stat opens. If it were placed as close as possible to the engine, and maybe even wrapped with a little insulation, it should read pretty accurately. It would have to be grounded to the engine somehow.

That's probly the least expensive way.

 

[03ranger30]

Should you do it before or after it goes into the radiator, like the top or bottom hose?

 

[97RangerXLT]

for your most accurate reading I would try to get it somewhere before the T-stat. Upper radiator hose will only read accurately once the tstat opens and then will cool down until it opens again. Lower hose will give you the temp of the radiator coolant.

If the heater hose comes directly from the intake manifold (don't remember how the plumbing works on this, but I think it does) this is your best place to put your new sensor.

If not, I would bite the bullet and scrape up the thirty bucks for the new threaded tstat housing...while the housing is after the tstat, you should be close enough to the engine that you won't notice the cooling effect as much.

Just my thoughts.

AJ