Cruisertrash
Rising Sun Member
I’m looking to install an aftermarket water temp gauge IN ADDITION to the stock dummy gauge. Bourbon tube would be ok, but I’d prefer electric.
Looking at the top of the head, right next to the stock sender location (tapped into the head) is what looks like a plug. Does that access coolant flow underneath? Could that be a spot for another sender? (In the picture it’s the bolt-head looking thing left of the stock sender)
Barring that I‘m looking at an adapter (tee?) where the coolant leaves the head to the back of the stock temp sender (towards firewall) - coolant comes out of the head and goes into a hose. If I found a similar fitting to the existing one - with an extra tapped hole in it - I can screw the new sender in there. Or, last on my list, one of those adapters where you splice a hose and insert a fitting with a threaded tap on it.
thoughts from those who have done an aftermarket temp gauge? Thanks!
Looking at the top of the head, right next to the stock sender location (tapped into the head) is what looks like a plug. Does that access coolant flow underneath? Could that be a spot for another sender? (In the picture it’s the bolt-head looking thing left of the stock sender)
Barring that I‘m looking at an adapter (tee?) where the coolant leaves the head to the back of the stock temp sender (towards firewall) - coolant comes out of the head and goes into a hose. If I found a similar fitting to the existing one - with an extra tapped hole in it - I can screw the new sender in there. Or, last on my list, one of those adapters where you splice a hose and insert a fitting with a threaded tap on it.
thoughts from those who have done an aftermarket temp gauge? Thanks!