water temperature gauge

[Smalljeep]

hi there
i recently got a 52mm auxilary gague set and the water temp is the only one left to install the standard gague isnt right apparently a common problem when putting the 1.6 engine in to the samurai.
but i have this other gague for a better reading, but here is the probe connection:

its too big to go where the exhisting sensor went, i see 2 places on the manifold i took out of another vitara, they seem to have wee tubes going to the carb, can i take them sensors off? what do they do? is it possible to have some sort of t junction.
But i also have no heater matrix anymore so there is just a copper pipe connecting the 2 pipes, would there be any sort of connection to plug this onto.
Any ideas would be great thanks.

[Henry]

Id tap the thermostat housing, take the thermostat out and put it in there.

[twiss]

Or get something like this:



Put it in your top radiator hose. The normal practise I think is to have the small sensor for the dash and one in the rad hose for an electric fan

[Smalljeep]

Or get something like this:



Put it in your top radiator hose. The normal practise I think is to have the small sensor for the dash and one in the rad hose for an electric fan

superb, exactly what i was looking but what do you call it? (for the ebay search)

[Smalljeep]

Id tap the thermostat housing, take the thermostat out and put it in there.

i already have no thermostat inside the housing but the wire going to the probe cant be kinked or cut because it cant be resealed as it has some gas in it.

[twiss]

Erm I dunno really... temp sensor housing/adapter?

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[Smalljeep]

i had a rummage on ebay and seen a few but the threaded bit is 1/8" what is that in mm that my calipers read in

[Ginger_boy]

i had a rummage on ebay and seen a few but the threaded bit is 1/8" what is that in mm that my calipers read in

By the way I have read your quote when it says 1/8" thread I suspect the size will not be 3.175mm or 0.125"
If we are talking water senders or oil senders they usualy are fittings with threads like BSP or NPT dia for a 1/8" BSP or NPT will be 9.7mm Outside dia

[Smalljeep]

im confused ill measure the fitting in mm tommorow to see what it is

[Smalljeep]

my trusty digital caliper is going again, so i had a measure at the temperature sensor thingy for some mm measurements



so is there something or somewhere good to mount the sensor?