Do you recognise this thermostat housing?

Post by **simmitc** » Sun Oct 19, 2008 5:29 pm

On an A-series engine. Note the sender unit for a temperature gauge. Can anybody identify the make/model of car; and does anyone know if the housings are still available? Thanks.

Post by **pgc520** » Sun Oct 19, 2008 5:41 pm

Think you will find that it is off a Morris Ital A+ 1275 engine.

Think I have one somewhere !!

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Post by **simmitc** » Sun Oct 19, 2008 8:24 pm

Thanks for the prompt suggestion, but sorry, I'm not entirely convinced: all the manuals and examples I have suggest that the Marinas and Itals had the sender in the block below the thermostat (as in a 1098 head); and the picture is of a 948 engine that had probably seized before Itals were on the road. However, I'm happy to be proved wrong, or to receive other suggestions. Thanks.

Post by **bigginger** » Sun Oct 19, 2008 10:18 pm

No Marina or Ital engine I've ever had (and it's quite few) has had it, certainly

Post by **bmcecosse** » Sun Oct 19, 2008 10:40 pm

Maybe from early Spridgets where they had the combined oil pressure/water temp gauge - yet the 948 engine had no tapping in the head for the temperature sensing bulb. I have one somewhere - they sell well on ebay!

Post by **jaekl** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 2:37 pm

I bought those housings in the 80's from Morris suppliers. I believe they were made for 948 cars. Spritgets had the sender in the radiator tank. I also remember getting one at a meet. No idea when they were first available. Your's looks a few years old.