Hello all
Guidoma from downunder with a question on the coolant temperature sender for a Series 3 2.25 litre diesel.
My 1964 Series 2A 109 landy had a Series 3 2.25 diesel installed at some time during its previous life.
Anyway I thought the engine coolant sender was a capillary type, but when I removed it it appeared to be an early electric type, as what I thought was a broken capillary tube (broken off at the top of the sender unit) appears to have a stub of electric wire in it and not a hollow capillary tube.
I unscrewed the sender unit from the head and found that although it appears to be two sections of with the top and bottom threaded together be threade together and the there are exposed threads along the outside of the sender, both parts appear to be brazed together as I could not unscrew the top and bottom.sections of the sender no matter how hard I tried.
The bottom section of the sender which screws into the head is 1/2 inch Whitworth (thread section into head being almost 1 inch in diameter) while it appears the upper section nut where the capillary tube or wire goes appears to be around 13/16 AF.
Would anyone know if the original Series 3 temperature sender was an electric or capillary tube type. There appears to be the remsins of a bracket for a 52mm dial gauge on my dash, next to the oil gauge bracket, but no capillary tube or wire, so I don't know what it was as the temp gauge of the original 2A dash doesn't work. Also are the fittings available so I can replace the sender unit in my engine? At this stage when I do come to replace it I am thinking of using an electric sender unit with a 52mm Smiths gauge.
That's
Guido
Guidoma from downunder with a question on the coolant temperature sender for a Series 3 2.25 litre diesel.
My 1964 Series 2A 109 landy had a Series 3 2.25 diesel installed at some time during its previous life.
Anyway I thought the engine coolant sender was a capillary type, but when I removed it it appeared to be an early electric type, as what I thought was a broken capillary tube (broken off at the top of the sender unit) appears to have a stub of electric wire in it and not a hollow capillary tube.
I unscrewed the sender unit from the head and found that although it appears to be two sections of with the top and bottom threaded together be threade together and the there are exposed threads along the outside of the sender, both parts appear to be brazed together as I could not unscrew the top and bottom.sections of the sender no matter how hard I tried.
The bottom section of the sender which screws into the head is 1/2 inch Whitworth (thread section into head being almost 1 inch in diameter) while it appears the upper section nut where the capillary tube or wire goes appears to be around 13/16 AF.
Would anyone know if the original Series 3 temperature sender was an electric or capillary tube type. There appears to be the remsins of a bracket for a 52mm dial gauge on my dash, next to the oil gauge bracket, but no capillary tube or wire, so I don't know what it was as the temp gauge of the original 2A dash doesn't work. Also are the fittings available so I can replace the sender unit in my engine? At this stage when I do come to replace it I am thinking of using an electric sender unit with a 52mm Smiths gauge.
That's
Guido
