that was a bit of a mouthful, said the actress to the bishop.
Anyway i got impatient and just went out and fitted one of my M10 sensors to the M10 blanking plug on the distributor end, bulkhead side.
It is indeed M10x1, sensor goes all the way in AND tightens so its deep enough, just ran the engine up, let the fan cut in and the oil temp gauge was just under 80. Oil pressure hadn’t dropped yet, so wasn’t fully up to heat. Its looking very promising.
I was just thinking about the pressure, it wont be as much as down by the oil pump because its at the top of the hill so to speak, plus the block has that restrictor to stop the head starving the bottom end. Hasn’t leaked at all with just the fibre washer. Going out in a minute so I can see what temp the oil gets to on a run.
16vastra: on your SBD inlet manifold over by the altenator, have you got a thin coolant hose coming out of a bronze stub and going over to the top of the expansion bottle. I was just eyeing it up and the bronze push on stub looks decidedly M10ish lmao
Just thinking, coolant enters the inlet manifold from the head and is then sucked out the bottom by the water pump, is that small return to the expansion bottle totally necessary you reckon, its gagging for a temp sensor straight in there.
I will find a home for the second coolant sensor !!
Anyway i got impatient and just went out and fitted one of my M10 sensors to the M10 blanking plug on the distributor end, bulkhead side.
It is indeed M10x1, sensor goes all the way in AND tightens so its deep enough, just ran the engine up, let the fan cut in and the oil temp gauge was just under 80. Oil pressure hadn’t dropped yet, so wasn’t fully up to heat. Its looking very promising.
I was just thinking about the pressure, it wont be as much as down by the oil pump because its at the top of the hill so to speak, plus the block has that restrictor to stop the head starving the bottom end. Hasn’t leaked at all with just the fibre washer. Going out in a minute so I can see what temp the oil gets to on a run.
16vastra: on your SBD inlet manifold over by the altenator, have you got a thin coolant hose coming out of a bronze stub and going over to the top of the expansion bottle. I was just eyeing it up and the bronze push on stub looks decidedly M10ish lmao
Just thinking, coolant enters the inlet manifold from the head and is then sucked out the bottom by the water pump, is that small return to the expansion bottle totally necessary you reckon, its gagging for a temp sensor straight in there.
I will find a home for the second coolant sensor !!