Temp. reading dipstick ?

I can't find the thread about temp. reading dipsticks. Gene Berg no longer offers his GB227. "Supplier stopped making them"

What alternative suppliers of this item were mentioned?

Thanks, Carl

I think the people who made them for Berg are now selling them direct.

Maybe you can find out something by doing a search on theSamba.

I don't think the Berg dipstick actually told you the temperature. I think it lit your oil pressure light when the temperature reached a certain point.

There is also the Mainley Custom dip stick that has a temperature dial.

Carl, Mainelybydesign may be what you're looking for. In the state of Maine, thus the spelling.

Here ya go, Carl:

http://www.mainelycustombydesign.com/engine_components.html#dipstick

Thanks Mike, Bob, Gordon...Much appreciated.
The Mainely dipstick was what I was looking for.

Carl, I have a "Mainley Customs dipstick" that I will let go on the cheap if you are interested. It is in my stockpile of parts and accessories. Contact me if interested. Happy Motoring!!

As nice as these are, it can be messy not to mention HOT to remove them to check the oil level. I made a handle from 12 gauge copper wire. Easy Peasy.

~WB

Clever!

Very Clever!

I have a Mainley Customs dipstick, but it doesn't fit down the dip stick hole. Anyone else have that problem?

I had a problem with it being loose. I put some heat shrink tubing around the metal tube.

I was thinking of using that tape used for fixing mufflers (muffler wrap). I figure it can take a lot of heat.

Received my Mainely dip stick. It's very nice, just what I'd wished for, even though it's VERY pricey. Sometimes you have to be careful as to what you wish for because it became evident that there's one glaring minus to this gadget...MY EYESIGHT! The analog dial is so small that I can't read it when it's properly inserted in the tube, so I have to pull it out. It's hot as hell!

I'm looking at this dip stick and it seems very familiar: A MEAT THERMOMETER...the kind you stab a roasting turkey with! I fished ours out of the kitchen catch-all drawer and they're almost identical except the meat thermometer has a much bigger and readable analog dial. The stem is a little shorter, still reaches the oil, so I don't think it's a reliable gage. That's OK. I'll just dip it in when I want a temperature reading.

And as I recall it was a $7 item in Walmarts pots and pans department!

Carl - check out Wild Bill's solution to hot temp dipstick several posts above on this thread.

Three reasons the Mainely one is more expensive:

1. The gauge is filled with silicon oil to damp the vibration of the needle and keep it steady.

2. It's adjustable (we calibrate ours by putting it into a cup of boiling water and set it to 212F then lock the nut)

3. They got'cha - nobody else makes one like that.

I've used an electronic meat thermometer by straightening out the curved sensor stick, but heaven only knows how accurate it is (mine was about 4 degrees off from the Mainely stick - your mileage may vary).

Welcome to the "I'm over fifty and can no longer see anything within six feet worth a damn" club. Just FWIW: Binoculars didn't help. I'm jus' sayin'.......

Well, I found the perfect oil temperature gage for me. I's made by Chaney Instruments, cleverly disquised as a DIGITAL meat thermometer and marketed through Walmart.

Its scale goes from 32 to 392 degrees Fahrenheit, and even has a Celsius option for Mango-Smoothie. Being digital, It's instantaneous reading and doesn't reguire silicon oil to dampen a vibrating analog needle. It's calibrated by a small screw to 10ths of a degree. Comes with a handy protective sheath that can be clipped out of the way in the engine bay. It can even read the air temperature in the engine bay, or whatever drifts out of my heater vents...easy in, instant read, easy out!

why screw around, what does a cooked motor cost?

just install an oil pressure and oil temperature gauge where u can see
it. The oil temp can change dramatically depending on conditions.

I've heard that Mainley Customs dipsticks can be as much as 30 degrees off. I put mine in a boiling pot of water and when the water boiled the gauge read 212 degrees. Right on the money.
Ron

Good suggestion Bob. I think I've got room to mount an oil temp gage under the dash... next to my oil pressure and cyl head temp gage.

You've got a CHT gauge already? That should do you, from the perspective of keeping your motor from burning up.

Ron:

I calibrated mine in water at 212F as well. Right on.

If it's been calibrated that way, how much can it be off between 200F and 230F where we all are concerned??