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[andyandchris]

My son has bought some aftermarket digital gauges for the 1991 Mayfair he is restoring

There was no problem with the oil pressure gauge as it was a 1/8 NPT thread

His problem is the water temp with it been a 5/8 hole and his sensor is a 1/8 npt, he wants to keep his original gauge as well

He has been looking at one of the adaptors that fit in your water pipe, the top hose that would be ideal is too short to fit one in, so which other pipe would be suitable, would one of the heater pipes be ok ?

Look forward to some advice

Thanks

[dklawson]

I do not remember which A-series engines used them... but some had taller thermostat housings (and or sandwich plates for them) that allowed insertion of a temperature gauge.  (Perhaps the Metro?)  You may find it difficult to locate the correct adapter between 5/8 UNF and 1/8NPT.  You can make an adapter by drilling through an old Mini temperature sender and tapping it for the 1/8" pipe thread.  Alternatively, if you do not find one of the thermostat housings I mentioned earlier, you could drill and tap a "thick" thermostat housing to add the 1/8" pipe threads.

 

The link below is for one of the housings I was referring to.  The listing says it is from a 1993 Mini.

http://www.ebay.co.u...=item2585d4026b

 

I think the top part is supposed to be Mini Spares item PEQ10010.  Their web site says it is out of stock but the picture of it shows the tapped hole I was suggesting you might be able to add to an existing, standard t-stat housing.

[andyandchris]

Thanks for your reply, I've just come in from the garage and had noticed it had a sensor in the thermostat housing, after that the new one fit straight in (with some PTFE tape) to be on the safe side

Thanks for your reply

Andy