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jvandyke
Joined: 30 Mar 2016 Posts: 212 Location: Hudsonville, MI
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Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2017 1:06 am Post subject: quest for accurate temp gauge |
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Situation;
83 944 engine in an '87 924s
currently temp gauge rises slightly and stays there, just a little off stone cold
The temperature gauge sender is different (small button style in '83 block with no "probe" vs. a single spade larger thread sender the 924s gauge wants; with a probe) with different resistance values no doubt.
Possible solutions;
1) drill and tap the block to accept the larger 924s sender
2) swap the gauge in the dash; either the whole temp/fuel/idiot light nacelle or just the temp part, no idea how they hook up or how interchangeable they are.
Thoughts? _________________ 87 924S project, '83 944 engine,
my son's first car. |
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TJC
Joined: 04 Apr 2010 Posts: 828 Location: Central-ish Arizona, USA
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Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2017 1:28 am Post subject: |
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If you're not a stickler for originality you could fabricate a piece of tubing with a proper threaded boss welded into it to fit the sender you require for your present gauge which then splices into a coolant hose and there you have it. Easy peasy, and you don't need to mess with the block or the dash...used to do this on the race cars all of the time.
Edit!
Oh I almost forgot since I'm old and we used to use mechanical gauges mostly...you may need to make a provision for a ground wire connection by welding/brazing an electrical spade on your tubing or use some other method of grounding the sender. _________________ '95 BMW 318i/5 ..."Pearl"
'87 Porsche 944 NA... "Liebchen"
'02 Porsche Boxster..."Sunbeam"
'04 BMW X3..."Xander"
Still on the Prowl!
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ideola
Joined: 01 Oct 2004 Posts: 15548 Location: Spring Lake MI
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Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2017 1:48 am Post subject: |
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You should have no trouble just swapping the entire multi-gauge unit to an early white-lettered 944 gauge. _________________ erstwhile owner of just about every 924 variant ever made |
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Grenadiers
Joined: 20 Feb 2007 Posts: 3222 Location: Nelson, WI & Prescott, AZ
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Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2017 10:49 pm Post subject: |
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1983 track car, have both stock and aftermarket.
_________________ '83 944 Track car.
'88 924S Track car.
'89 944 Turbo
2004 Winnebago Vectra monster RV
2012 Jeep Wrangler
2014 Kia Soul
2001 Ford F350 powerstroke |
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jvandyke
Joined: 30 Mar 2016 Posts: 212 Location: Hudsonville, MI
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Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2017 12:13 pm Post subject: |
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after much fiddling about and chasing grounds and all sorts of silliness, I just put a new sender on, all good. Duh. _________________ 87 924S project, '83 944 engine,
my son's first car. |
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