Date:         Thu, 13 Jun 1996 22:43:05 -0700
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         rickgo@halcyon.com (Rick Gordon)
Subject:      re vdo cyl head temp sensor location?

>
>just got news from the mechanic that my van is alive again after a full
>rebuild! :)  the problem is that he can't find the sensor attached to the vdo
>cyl head temp guage.  he says there was no sensor in the heads he
>removed, i always thought the sensor was a ring that went around a
>spark plug from what i heard on the list, bu he can't find that either.  this
>is a puzzle to me, the guage worked fine.  i know nothing about it, as it
>was installed by a po.  any clues?
>

It is a copper ring, on a short piece (6 inch) of stiff braided
two-conductor wire. you can mount them on one of the head bolts, or on the
spark plug. (Mine's on the plug, where it supposedly gets a slightly hotter
reading.)
It has a plastic plug on the other end where it connects to the wire coming
from the gauge.
If he did lose it, you can get them mailorder for about $10. I just picked
some place out of the back of one of the mags, don't remember the name
anymore.

-rick


Rick Gordon
Bainbridge Island, WA, USA
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