Apparently many people on the list are so busy praising/bashing TRF,
that a guy with
a problem can only get three responses to a legitimate problem. I
apreciate VERY
much the three responses I did get. For those of you who are interested
in something
besides TRF exclusively, here were my findings.
Thanks to Charlie, I took the green/blue (mostly green in my half-lit
garage) off
the sending unit, turned on the ignition, had my wife (the most lovely
Meachanical Eng
I know) touch the wire to ground while I watched the gauge. Sure
enough, it rose
slowly all the way to the opposite peg. I guess I'll be buying a
sending unit (beats
$80.00 for a gauge).
As for the oil filter situation, let me clarify. I believe the fitting
for the oil filter on my
car to be the original fitting. Since the car hasn't had an oil filter
change in over 8 years,
my assumption is that OE filters were probably available then, but now
they aren't.
Thus new oil filters from VB require a 5/8" adapter. The question is,
does anyone
(including TRF (couldn't resist)), make an oil filter that will fit the
original fitting?
Thanks Again,
Mike
79 Spit
Charlie Brown wrote:
>With the ignition on, try grounding the green/blue wire that's attached
>to the sensor. If the gauge is good, the needle will swing all the way to
>hot. That's assuming the wiring running to the gauge is still good. You
>may also want to run a continuancy test on that green/blue wire to make
>sure it's solid from the sender unit to the gauge.
>
>Try an AC Delco PF53 (or quality equivalent). The threads on the adaptor
>in the block now should fit that filter. The hole in the block is 5/8x18
>and the hole in most of the common after market filters is 3/4x16. If
>your current adaptor has those threads, the above filter will work.
>
>Have fun,
>Charlie B.
>
>
>Jett.Hogger@prodigy.com (John) wrote:
>
>Mike, I can sell you a new black top with Z\O window and ship it
>for $200. I have a tempeture gauge too. Will be out of town. back
>on line monday. John
>----------
>From: Charlie Brown[SMTP:cb1500@erols.com]
>Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 1997 6:34 PM
>To: Ginter, G M (Michael)
>Subject: Re: Spitfire tmp sending unit / oil filter
>
>Ginter, G M (Michael) wrote:
>>
>> I bought my Spitfire from the original owner last July, after it had sat
>> in a garage
>> for 8 years. Since then I have spent a lot of time and money trying to
>> get it road-worthy for the spring. New clutch, rebuilt differential and
>> rear hubs and leaf spring and it drives pretty well. Still needs a soft
>> top, and I have a couple of problems I need to resolve before I can
>> really put some miles on it.
>>
>> My temerature gauge doesn't work at all. Does anyone know a good way to
>> determine if a Spit temp sending unit is bad? Gauge?
>>
>> My local VERY freindly (15% discount becuase I used to work with the
>> owner years ago) import parts house cannot provide me with an oil
>> filter that fits the 1500 motor. The only LBC catalog I have is a the
>> latest VB (still waiting for TRF catalog). It lists an oil filter that
>> requires a 5/8" adapter (that they also conveniently sell). Do I need a
>> 5/8" adapter? Are original filters no longer available and thus the
>> replacment part requires the adapter?
>>
>> Any help on these issues would be appreciated.
>> Mike,
>
>
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