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Old 10-25-2015, 06:20 PM
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Default Smiths water temp gauge

I need a new/used Smiths water temp gauge (mechanical) for SPO 1359. The one in the car staring reading low last week and today it will not move. The car is warming up and the T-stat is working perfectly.

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Nisonger. They now make an electric smiths water temp gauge. Eliminates the capillary tube. Works great and looks just like the original.
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Nisonger. They now make an electric smiths water temp gauge. Eliminates the capillary tube. Works great and looks just like the original.
Thanks Jim for the source and recommendation on the electric WT gauge. I will look Nisonger up.

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SUPERFORMANCE MKIII - GAUGE WATER TEMP [SUP-00-010-00078] - $226.97 : ShopSuperformance.com, Home of Superformance parts
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Thanks. Ordered the WT gauge from Hillbank (Dave). It shipped the same day and for a great price.

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Make sure you don't have an air pocket that is keeping the sensor out of the coolant flow. I had that and the readings were spurious.

There are several ways to 'burp' the system....if you need more detail you can search for it on this forum.
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Make sure you don't have an air pocket that is keeping the sensor out of the coolant flow. I had that and the readings were spurious.

There are several ways to 'burp' the system....if you need more detail you can search for it on this forum.
Thank you for this recommendation. I did remove the expansion tank cap the other and let the car through several cycles. Many air bubbles did come out. I will search the form for the "burp" the system thread.

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Trust me, that's not enough. I ended up adding a tee to the heater line from the intake to the heater core (not the one from the water pump side). That allows me to fill the area with coolant manually and thus get the air out of the system that way.

I just buy one of those Prestone flush-n-fill kits from the local NAPA just for the tee and the hose clamps. Easy fix for this problem. I think they are well under $10.

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Another point is to make sure that the thermostat has the small bleed hole pointing 'up' when installing it.
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I tried an electric oil pressure gauge and it was an absolute POS, weird readings, then finally failed high after a week. (Go figure English electrics who would have thunk...)
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I tried an electric oil pressure gauge and it was an absolute POS, weird readings, then finally failed high after a week. (Go figure English electrics who would have thunk...)
Was it the smiths electric gauge or some other brand? New from Nisonger or some other source? My electric smiths oil temp gauge works perfectly so far. Was thinking of swapping to all electric as the rest fail, which they will.
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Default Water Temp Gauge removal / install

I received the new WT gauge and started to remove the existing gauge only to realize the gauge will not slide out past the turn signal assembly/steering column. Do I have to pull the steering wheel/TSA off to remove/install the gauge?

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I received the new WT gauge and started to remove the existing gauge only to realize the gauge will not slide out past the turn signal assembly/steering column. Do I have to pull the steering wheel/TSA off to remove/install the gauge?

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No, you shouldn't need to remove the steering column. I replaced mine a couple of years ago and was able to get it out with a little maneuvering.

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No, you shouldn't need to remove the steering column. I replaced mine a couple of years ago and was able to get it out with a little maneuvering.

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Thanks Ted. I will try again this evening.

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