Top Hose Water Temp Gauge

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Hiya fellow FC Owners

yes its me again , another addidition to the car with lots of pics

i decided that i wanted an extra temp gauge in the car so decided to put one in the top rad hose

i wasnt happy with the standard gauge as it doesnt REALLY tell you the temp - rather hot or cold

so the hunt began

managed to get a the gauge off ebay ( what a wonderful place ) , the top hose adaptor came off ebay ( more about that later though ) - and tonight it got fitted ( yippee )

right then lets bring on the pics

Ta

Stu
( read to the end - and i will tell you what it cost me ! - and you all know me by now so you KNOW its gonna be cheap !! )

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First Pic then ....

and as it was the gauge i bought first i may aswell start there :

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Second Pic ...

on the other end of the gauge - there is a probe - this measure the water temp !

when the gauge arrived , i boiled the kettle , stuck the gauge in ... and sure enough it was about 100 degrees - so that proves that it atleast worked :

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Third pic ...

right then i had the gauge , now just needed something to plumb it into ?!?!?!?

had a shop around and they were looking at anything between £12 - £24

hummm lets look on ebay !!

came accross a chap selling ones for the escort , he said he could make ANY pipe with any fitment

so asked on here for the top hose size and its 38 mm internal diameter .. so emailed the chap with some pics of the probe and the top hose size and it was simple

"bid and win and i will make it for you !! "

got the sizes off the probe ( length , width , thread pitch , shoulder size etc.. )

told him what i needed , a couple of conformation emails and the sender was made !!

( the adaptor needs a shoulder as the nut isnt attached to the probe )

paid my money and 3 days later the sender arrived

then sent the better half out for a O ring to make it water tight :

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Forth Pic..

i like the sender so much , here is another pic at a different angle and showing the thread and the shoulder !! :

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Fifth Pic..

yeah i really like it so here is the last pic of it :

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Sixth Pic ..

right then , need to get some water out of the car as the top hose is obviously full !!

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Seventh Pic ..

well its a top hose adaptor so i suppose thats where its gonna fit !!! :

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Eighth Pic ..

well the pipe was cut , hose adaptor fitted and all bolted back together :

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poured water back into the car , started her up , got warm on the normal temp gauge

what was the new gauge showing ... thats right .. NOTHING

panic set in , waited for the car to cool down for a few hrs , took the probe out , boiled the kettle , once boiled , took kettle to car , stuck probe in kettle and gauge shows 100 degrees

humm thats strange ... obviously the car needs to be driven to get the water pumped round properly as there wasnt much water in the hose , but the water level had dropped

i had the same prob when i changed the rad , had to drive it for about 5 miles for the water to get all round the heater matrix and the such like and then topped it back up

so will take her out over the weekend and top her back up

i know you are now all dying to do this mod and are desperate to know how much it all costs ... well wait no more !!!!!!!!!

Temp Gauge : Cost £2.20 + £3.50 P&P = Total £5.70
Sender : Cost £3.20 + £2.50 P&P = Total £5.70
Washer : 30p

So all in all its cost me £11.70 ( if my maths are correct !! )

the seller on ebay is called saloon22 - and sells escort top hose adaptors - but will make anything you ask for .. he is superb - sent me loads of pics and what sizes he needed and what he made was superb

So thats the story of the top water hose temp gauge

I hope you liked it

Ta

Stu
( next project : £1.50 front fog lights )

[TRex]

Nice one m8, tops with the pics....  :wave

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crickey - that was quick !!

did you get my PM about the headlight pic i could do with

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I did m8, it will have to be tomorrow night or Saturday for the shots...

 I am now about to post up the other pics from yesterday with yourself and that other bloke with the dirty coloured FC that kept getting into your photos...   :p

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ha ha ha funny matey !!

thanks again

stu

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