Coolant temp guage

[Hollywood]

Anyone installed a temp guage?

[Andy Dickerson]

I completed the installation of the temperature gauge a month ago and it works perfectly. The thermostat opens on mine at 160 degrees.

 

[Hollywood]

How did you install? Which one did you use? I think these are a very important item for these machines

[Andy Dickerson]

I'll have to get some pictures this weekend of what I did. 

I used a glowshift GS-TCD06 gauge along with mounting bracket GS-U1UDB. The raditor hose T I used is in the thread I provide purchased on Amazon. I did bore the center of the T adaptor some because I didn't want to restrict the coolant flow. I also drilled and tapped the adaptor to accept  a  1/8" NPT to 1/4" NPT reducer to keep the temperature sensor from filling up the inside of the adaptor. 

[Hollywood]

I appreciate it thanks

[Andy Dickerson]

Here are the pictures as promised. The fuse block is well a fuse block connected to the battery, and the terminal strip is connected to switched power. The picture of the adaptor shows how I drilled tapped to a larger NPT thread to raise the sensor out of the direct coolant flow. I contacted Glow gauge tech support and they said it was perfect.

[Hollywood]

Thanks looks great. Doing it just the way you did.

[Andy Dickerson]

17 minutes ago, Hollywood said:

Thanks looks great. Doing it just the way you did.

Also, forgot to mention I placed the sensor adaptor in the top hose. You can see when the thermostat opens and closes. I used two clamps to pinch the hose and didn't lose  any coolant. 

[Hollywood]

Was going to do the clamp thing as well. Thanks