<VV> Thermister Swap

[BBRT]

How hard would it be to put a new face on the avaialble faces? How about 
mountng the gauge in a stock Corsa dsah?

Chuck S
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From: "MarK Durham via VirtualVairs" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
To: "spyder4spd" <RAMBLERPAT at aol.com>
Cc: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Monday, September 01, 2014 5:14 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Thermister Swap


> Patrick, if Aircraft Spruce has the sender it also would have a guage. 
> Vdo
> also sells guages and probes for high chat engines. I am in the design
> stages of having a cht and oil press installed in my speedo housing osing
> VDO guages.
> Mark Durham Hauser Idaho
> On Sep 1, 2014 7:53 AM, "Patrick via VirtualVairs" 
> <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> wrote:
>
>> To all, I have been reading the feedback on the  ROCHESTER 3080-38
>> TEMPERATURE PROBE that I happened upon while trying to save  a few 
>> dollars
>> on the unfortunate shortage of affordable thermisters  situation. It is
>> true
>> that the $300 - $400 needed to purchase  an NOS AC thermister is
>> prohibitive for many Corvair owners, and  the $80 or so necessary for a
>> used one is a
>> risk as well. In  addition, I well aware that this is the way it is in 
>> the
>> old car business  world and hobby. For theses reasons, and others, I was 
>> so
>> excited when  I discovered the new Rochester temp probe for $80 in the
>> 2015
>> Spruce Aircraft catalog and I recognized the possibilities that it
>> represents.
>>
>>     It appears that no one here knew of  this so the Rochester 3080-38 is
>> untested in a Corvair auto application as  of today of course. However, 
>> the
>> good news is that there is VV confirmation that  this unit it is
>> essentially
>> the same dimensions including the thread size  as the AC thermister.
>> Perhaps, this is half the battle right there. It is  also my 
>> understanding
>> is that
>> this thermister will work for us if  we match it to a compatible gauge,
>> after all it is designed to measure head  temps in an air cooled engine.
>> This
>> discovery may help some of us save some  dollars and give us an upgrade 
>> to
>> more efficient and reliable  equipment too. Though I have not researched
>> any
>> head temp gauges yet I  am hopeful the someone out there will try this 
>> set
>> up
>> and let us know how it  works, provide us with the costs, and let us know
>> if
>> it was worth the  efforts.
>>
>> Patrick Laus
>>
>> 64 Spyder Coupe
>> Metro Detroit area
>>
>>
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