Temperature gauge thoughts

Of all of the accessories you can put on an antique car, the most important, it seems to me, is the temp gauge. If steam suddenly appears, it may be too late and damage may be too severe. Just read the thread about the B engine that overheated and cracked the head. Attention to a temp gauge may have prevented that.

Frank
 
JOHN CT said:
By installing any type of water gauge would be a big distraction. I'll be staring at them all of the time instead of the road ! I would rather look at the people pulling out in front of me!!
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That's why I only run original Moto-Meters!:)

Bob-A:D
 
JOHN CT said:
By installing any type of water gauge would be a big distraction. I'll be staring at them all of the time instead of the road ! I would rather look at the people pulling out in front of me!!
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Check out the picture in post #12. I can monitor the gauges as well as the road in front of me. :)
 
I use a Moto Meter. I have an infrared thermometer and I "shoot " the temps on my engine regularly to see what the temp is at different locations and compare it to where the Moto meter is reading on the scale so I know what temp it represents. Only thing is, the engine temperature varies depending on where I point the infrared. It is all over the place. Just wondering how accurate the guage reading is to the actual temp of the engine/cooling system. You could mount it a couple different ways and get two different readings. Which would be the most accurate?...Just wondering.
 
When I stated that a temp gauge was most important, I meant ANY gauge. The MotoMeter certainly qualifies as a gauge and, in my opinion, is quite accurate. I have used motometers on all of my early cars. I just can't bring myself to run 'blind' and not have a temp gauge...

Frank
 
I know what you mean. I like to think you need to feel and become part of driving a Model A. Knowing what its telling you and how it likes to be operated. I know exactly what the Moto Meter is telling me when it starts to rise and how to make it decrease and how long it takes on a warm day to do so. I really enjoy that aspect of the car and not just with temperature part but all the things you need to be aware of while driving it. I just need to get my wife to understand that too. :)
 
With any sort if temperature gauge, after the novelty wears off you forget to look at it.

Hopefully, you or a passenger will remember to look at it during hot weather or a big hill.
 
I don't know where you got yours, but plenty of people on this board (like me) have ones that do not work--at all. They're not just inaccurate, they don't register anything at all.
 
I started with a black pipe for the temp gage, but it failed. The black coating came off the inside of the pipe in big strips and sheets. I caught it before it plugged the radiator, but it was close. The remaining coating was difficult to completely remove and I wasn't sure I could get it all off, so I switched to a stainless pipe. I cut the upper hose around the fitting for the probe, so the stainless shows very little- see picture. IMG_20151028_103533652.jpg. There are 2 types of castings available now for the probe, and I think I would use one of them instead of the pipe next time.
 
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