temp gauge

[jtd.75]

I did ask a while ago and got no replies so here goes again, how can I fit a temp gauge to a 1960 2 door 948cc,when there is no blanking plug on the engine! to fit a sender unit, on the 1098 its near the thermostat housing but then you already knew that.

[Matt]

get a late ('68 - 74) i think spridget thermostat cover, you can screw the sender in to that! or buy another head....

[jtd.75]

Hi Matt not sure what you mean by a spridget

[SR]

i needed one in a certain spot on my scimitar, local enginnering shop did it while i waited for £5 , 10 yrs ago , but still worth a look

[bigginger]

Hi Matt not sure what you mean by a spridget

It's shorthand for Austin Healey Sprite or MG Midget

[Matt]

ring the minor centre at brum and ask if they have one, because they are also a mg specialist!

[jtd.75]

Thanks Matt & BG, SR when you say a local engineering firm did it for you do you mean that they drilled the enging block!

[jtd.75]

would it be possible to have a similar set that one has for a oil gauge eg were the engine drain tap is fit a Tee where the drain tap is and with the sender coming out of the end of the Tee and the tap out of the side

[SR]

no mate ,he drilled and tapped a hole in thermo housing,lowwer part,steve

[NZJLY]

jtd.75, we did as you suggested, and put a sender unit where the engine drain is, and so far it has been working well. We didn't bother with the T piece, as we b*ggered the drain tap getting it out.
The sender unit and gauge was a generic one bought from a parts dealer

[jtd.75]

Thanks Steve that is were I meant, and thanks to you too NZ, I now have two routes to go down.
Jimmy

[Shawn]

I soldered a brass threaded sender unit mounting to the top tank of the radiator.

I will soon be swapping for a Mini head with the sender port under the thermostat as discussed earlier, but the main reason for that is the bigger valves.