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Re: water temperature gague

Post by Darrell » Tue Jun 14, 2011 11:42 pm

Have a nasty feeling that gauge set being from America is going to be 1/8 NPT 27 teeth per inch. Not a very common fitting in the UK.
Did the set not come with any adaptors ??
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Re: water temperature gague

Post by Smalljeep » Tue Jun 14, 2011 11:51 pm

adaptors:
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thats what i have, but can you suggest the sort of adaptor i need.

What about the idea of the pipe where the heater matrix once went?
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Re: water temperature gague

Post by twiss » Wed Jun 15, 2011 11:26 am

Here I just thought this might come in handy:

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/McGill-Motorsp ... 34.c0.m322" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Re: water temperature gague

Post by Smalljeep » Wed Jun 15, 2011 11:58 am

ive sent them a question asking if they can make one for my sensor.
my standard gague still likes to tell me my engine is boiling over, is there a resistor i can put in (what value) to tune it down correctly for my engine.
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Re: water temperature gague

Post by twiss » Wed Jun 15, 2011 12:13 pm

Do you have the vitara sensor installed?

If so, make sure you change it for the samurai/sj sensor
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Re: water temperature gague

Post by Smalljeep » Wed Jun 15, 2011 12:19 pm

i still have a vit one in yes, i dont have the sammy one anymore.
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Re: water temperature gague

Post by twiss » Wed Jun 15, 2011 12:37 pm

That's your problem then... try and get a samurai one... borrow one to test if you can... I think they are only about £5 though
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Re: water temperature gague

Post by ScottieJ » Wed Jun 15, 2011 1:03 pm

Here is a pic of what someone else has done to fit one of those senders
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I'm gonna hazard a guess that the first fitting you measured is 5/8 UNF (hopefully I'm not wrong)

demon tweaks do that size adapter for a water hose.
http://www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/Motorspor ... /1773/1843" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Re: water temperature gague

Post by twiss » Wed Jun 15, 2011 1:18 pm

Ahhhh that's a good one!!! You could take the sender housing/lid to pretty much an fab shop and they could do it for cheap!!!
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Re: water temperature gauge

Post by Smalljeep » Wed Jun 15, 2011 11:41 pm

where can i get the standard water sensor?
if it was going i wouldnt need this other gague working, i could put in something more useful like a voltmeter.
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