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meeni
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im going to the big day out on the weekend but have a small problem in that i cant find anywhere to put my water temp sender unit.. when i rebuilt the 998 i cleverly put the head on without a hole for it :roll: i need a solution as i dont like driving the car without knowing all the vitals are right, so, can i run a t piece in the heater pipe with the sender clamped in on a bit of hose or does anyone have a better solution, keeping in mind that i cant really drill a hole in anything and tap it because i dont really want metal filings in my cooling system

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A thermostat cover with a temp sender in it ,850 perhaps?

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AWOODY wrote:
A thermostat cover with a temp sender in it ,850 perhaps?

I think it might be Morris Minor.
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You can buy thermosat housings with the hole for the sender new. They were fitted to auto mini Ks.

Heres a pic of an old original one i use when i paint my engines...
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850man wrote:
You can buy thermosat housings with the hole for the sender new. They were fitted to auto mini Ks.

Heres a pic of an old original one i use when i paint my engines...
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nice one 850man, thats the same one ive got in my moke (albeit the corroded part of it...) works just as well and looks funky :)

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That is wright you can buy thermostat covers with hole on it for the sender unit. Give Mini plus a go
http://www.minis.com.au/minis/catalog/p ... cts_id=127

When I did put 95 model 1275 it did not have the hole for the sender unit too. So I did put one of these. Works great
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I have a couple of heads here with a plate on the heater outlet with a large nut of the appropriate thread welded to it . I know it's a bush mechanics fix but it does the job .

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thanks for the replies guys.. im running the heater pipe accross to the tap hole to aid the cooling to no.4 though so i cant put on of those on.. where do i get one of thos thermostat housings? guess il have to go without a reading on sunday which i really dont like the idea of

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Try Mini Plus
TEL 0434 393558 Lindsay Siebler B.H. NOW IN Coldstream area - ph. for appointment
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http://www.minis.com.au/minis/catalog/index.php
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