Oil Temperature Sender

@Sacto Mitch posted:

 

Danny, I see the heater box as half-full, not half-empty.

 

What's a heater box? 

Bob, my friend Jim(who owns a 911SC) keeps telling me I'm slowly building a 911.

I guess there is some truth to that, except for the missing cylinders and missing OHC layout......

@Bob: IM S6

For help in solving problems when I was much younger, I used to go to a little, old but fascinating German guy.  His name was Hans Kleber, and he worked where I did when I first got out of school.  He was one of many who emigrated here after WW II and helped build the new American economy.  Ask him anything and he had a credible answer.  He didn't have a specific job or title.  He just wandered around the place and would drop tidbits of insight to help the engineers to solve their problems.  He had a habit of leaving the microfiche readers on after using them, so they all had notes  taped to them and curiosity about that note led me to meet him and develop a friendship (he was my third Grampa).  I thought it must mean something important, because every Fiche reader had one taped to it.

The notes said:  "Hans!  Bitte schalten Sie das Betrachtungsgerät aus!"  

Which, translated, said:  "Hans!  Please turn off the viewing machine!")

@Stan Galat Thanks for that in-depth explanation of the heat-retention properties of different viscosity fluids.  

For once on here, I just gave the "Readers Digest" version.  

@DannyP posted:

What's a heater box? 

Bob, my friend Jim(who owns a 911SC) keeps telling me I'm slowly building a 911.

I guess there is some truth to that, except for the missing cylinders and missing OHC layout......

Art Thraen told me that, after I dry-sumped and while his shop was doing the twin-plug motor.

When will those lunatic Swedes make a 4-cam/4-valve head for the Type 1 platform?

Johannes Persson is going places nobody's ever been. If money were no object, I'd have him build the perfect 3L T1. As it stands, I want very much to use one of his cam/lifter kits on something.

I have the feeling that reading through that catalog is a lot more fun not knowing how much Swedish Kronor are in real money.

@Sacto Mitch posted:

 I have the feeling that reading through that catalog is a lot more fun not knowing how much Swedish Kronor are in real money.

I've talked to the man himself. Suffice it to say, the call cost about $5/minute, and it was the cheapest thing about the equation. I stand by my observation-- If I hit the lottery, I'd have him build the baddest street T1 the world has ever seen.

We don't pay the EU VAT, so there's that small consolation. His stuff is all that and a bag of chips.

@edsnova posted:

When will those lunatic Swedes make a 4-cam/4-valve head for the Type 1 platform?

You can get a brand new 4 cam reproduction. All it takes is bags of money, Daddy Warbucks.

@DannyP posted:

You can get a brand new 4 cam reproduction. All it takes is bags of money, Daddy Warbucks.

I know! But what fun would that be, compared to trying to turn a T1 case into a T547 (except with 3x the horsepower and 4x the torque) using bolt-on parts? 

Hours of enjoyment!

@Stan Galat understands.

Greetings,

Oil Temp Gauge.  Just an update to all who were so helpful.

Gauge now moves about 1/4 inch when motor is @ around 185 degree F.  I used the candy thermometer method (thanks Gordon) to measure temperature and marked the glass.  The highest I've recorded is 190 after a 45 minute drive at 50 on a 70 degree day.  Thanks to Lfepardo for the "normal" temperature ranges.

Marshall

@Marshall

Well!  That sounds just about PERFECT!

So not only do you have a good working sender/gauge, but now you actually know what it's saying!

Welcome to the (continuing) Madness!!

@WOLFGANG hi do you know of a good temp gauge with sensor, the whole kit etc, somewhat vintage looking to go into my amperes slot (doesnt work anyways) with ambient temp sensor (i was told this is a good feature)