Thread: Barney - a 1958 Series II

Originally Posted by OneOff

Yes, that was my original idea, and it appears that my thermo bottom housing similar to yours, although I think mine is cast iron, not alloy. It has a flat area where your heater outlet is, but it isn't drilled.




When the new thermo arrives I'll see if there is room to install it there, otherwise I'll make an adaptor in the top hose as JD suggests.

The alloy ones have two threaded poles booth the same size with plugs in them. I have fitted the capillary tube into an adaptor in the front hole . The alloy ones usually corrode out at the back but can be welded up . I found with mine the thread had corroded so I used a tapered thread adaptor that would take the capillary tube into the housing which because it was tapered could be tightened in the hole & sealed really well, so no leaks. I mounted the gauge in the steering column hole for LHD as I didn't want to drill any holes on the drivers side & on a 80" there isn't many places you can mount it . Good luck with it.
Wayne

A side view of the thermostat housing IMAG0996.jpg This photo shows it with an electric sender unit which I replaced with a capillary tube with the duel gauge.

74 degree Waxstat thermostat installed, along with a capillary tube sender to the gauge.

Ran it for a while (yes, it runs, if I could work out how to upload video I could share that with you...), it sat at about 65’, a little low I think, I can get a hotter thermo, but what’s a good temp to aim for?

i also installed a thermo fan with a variable switch, however it seems to sit at temperature without it so I may remove it at a later date.




Being a dual gauge I also installed an oil pressure sender which showed around 45 psi. Healthy. And lots of lovely oil flowing around under the tappet cover.




Not the prettiest bracket but it’ll do for now.



So close to driving this thing!

Not the prettiest bracket but it’ll do for now.

Looks fine to me & is what I did using a Banjo Fitting. How else could it be done pray tell?

I got same as this for mine for aux gauge got picture from internet

Originally Posted by Dgd69

I got same as this for mine for aux gauge got picture from internet

Yes, something like this looks far more fitting to the Land Rover style, but I was being slack , and didn’t t want to get the spray gun out and mix up a drop of paint for such a bitty thing...
At this point my focus is to get things running, I can finesse it all later...

Originally Posted by OneOff

Yes, something like this looks far more fitting to the Land Rover style, but I was being slack , and didn’t t want to get the spray gun out and mix up a drop of paint for such a bitty thing...
At this point my focus is to get things running, I can finesse it all later...

Mine was fitted long before I got it looked genuine fits to vent screw and bottom dash to lh side have a look on the net the fit well

worked out how to post a video.