Those of you who have installed aftermarket water temperature gauges, where did you put the sending unit?

Thanks!

 

 

Sender mounted in tube, spliced into hose? Did you use a metal tube or PVC?

 

That's a pretty sweet install! I retrofitted electric fans on my Bronco and therefore have no location for the thermostat to control them. I'll have to try fabbing up something like you've got there.

 

I used a T-fitting and put it inline on a hose that's toward the rear of the engine, on the driver's side.

 

I used the Omori "adaptor" to hold the sender.
http://www.omori-na.com/catalog/acce...ccessories.htm

 

I have a thermostat that is supposed to thread into some location ont he engine. I'll prolly just get a piece of metal pipe that fits tight inside the upper hose (hot water to rad), and get a nut that matches the metal pipe. Then I just drill a hole in the pipe and weld the nut onto it so that the sensor screws into place and is in the coolant flow. As long as I make sure the weld is watertight and the hose is held solid onto the metal tube it should work out just fine.

Right now I just have the fans running constantly... The engine runs waaay too cool all the time and hardly ever gets up to normal temp.

 

Good stuff! Thanks Chunger.

 

 

P-173 (36mm) BTW...

They are on sale for $26 on the homepage/overstock...