v8 coolant temperature sender location

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Tom Woods - 30 Oct 2006 21:50 GMT

on the 101 the sender for the water temperature is located after the
thermostat which means that it doesnt actually start reading for ages
after you start the engine.
it scares me when i dont see it move after running the truck for 10
minutes! (about the time it takes me to shuffle the fleet round the
garden/drive)
Is there anywhere else i can move it to?

What goes under the triangular 3 bolt cover just the other side of the
'stat?
Assuming there is coolant behind that? can i just drill and tap it (or
a thicker replacement) to take a temp sender?

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Dougal - 30 Oct 2006 22:05 GMT

> on the 101 the sender for the water temperature is located after the
> thermostat which means that it doesnt actually start reading for ages
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> Assuming there is coolant behind that? can i just drill and tap it (or
> a thicker replacement) to take a temp sender?

Have a look around for another hole. On the RRC there was a tapping in
the manifold below the thermostat outlet elbow - front RH bank, I think.

The triangular cover is where the choke warning light switch was
located. It should serve your purpose if no other hole can be found.

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Tom Woods - 30 Oct 2006 22:23 GMT

>> on the 101 the sender for the water temperature is located after the
>> thermostat which means that it doesnt actually start reading for ages
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>Have a look around for another hole. On the RRC there was a tapping in
>the manifold below the thermostat outlet elbow - front RH bank, I think.

thanks, ill have a good look. couldnt see anything in the dark just
now with my torch, but daylight and moving everything off the engine
cover should help!

>The triangular cover is where the choke warning light switch was
>located. It should serve your purpose if no other hole can be found.

ive always wondered what it was for. ive always seen it blanked off
(on 2.25's too) but never nowt in it.

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Lee_D - 30 Oct 2006 22:58 GMT

Tom Woods <news@NOPSAMtomwoods.co.uk> uttered summat worrerz funny
about:

>> The triangular cover is where the choke warning light switch was
>> located. It should serve your purpose if no other hole can be found.
>
> ive always wondered what it was for. ive always seen it blanked off
> (on 2.25's too) but never nowt in it.

Morphs temp sensor is in the inlet manifold casting, He also doesn't show
temp for about 3 or 4 mins and the other day I was in Shelton before it
chirped up but then it's much cooler now, and thats with the spare on the
front.

On the way back up the Llanberis pass he ran cooler than in traffic on the
motorway on route to Eastnor... but then when we went to Eastnor it was
about 35 degrees outside.

Lee D

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Tom Woods - 30 Oct 2006 23:56 GMT

>Tom Woods <news@NOPSAMtomwoods.co.uk> uttered summat worrerz funny
>about:
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>chirped up but then it's much cooler now, and thats with the spare on the
>front.

can you snap a piccy of where it is please!

Mine is in the bend just after the thermostat. ive fitted a new
seperate gauge too so it shouldnt lie or anything.

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