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Do you recognise this thermostat housing?
Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 5:29 pm
by simmitc
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.
Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 5:41 pm
by pgc520
Think you will find that it is off a Morris Ital A+ 1275 engine.
Think I have one somewhere !!
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Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 8:24 pm
by simmitc
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.
Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 10:18 pm
by bigginger
No Marina or Ital engine I've ever had (and it's quite few) has had it, certainly
Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 10:40 pm
by bmcecosse
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!
Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 2:37 pm
by jaekl
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.