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deluxe40

07-21-2011 @ 10:05 AM

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I once knew a "restorer" who just colored the inside of the glass tubes red instead of fixing the fuel gauges. He used some kind of marking pen or ink that looked just like the proper red fluid. On the show field it looks like the gauge is indicating half a tank, but in reality the gauge doesn't even have a sender.

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07-21-2011 @ 5:05 AM

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Is the tube holding the liquid supposed to be clear? Mine is red from top to bottom and you can't see anything inside the tube. Do later cars have a better temp guage that I could place in the dash to replace the stock '36 guage? I'm uncomfortable driving the car without closely monitoring engine temp. On the other hand I don't want to install a modern guage that will look out of place. BTW, I bought a container of coolent additive (a wetter) and now the engine settles out at about 202 degress idleing on a very hot day with the fan running.

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07-20-2011 @ 7:46 AM

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When the engine is cold, the temp gauge should have hardly any red showing in the bottom of the tube, as the engine warms up the red fluid rises. Normal temp should be between 1/2 and 3/4 in the gauge tube.
The old gauges were not very reliable, the only thing you could tell for sure was that the engine was either running to cold or to hot.
Another factor to consider is that the '36 gauge sender originally mounted in the left water pump housing. If the vehicle has a 24 stud engine the sender has to be mounted in the head, which can read a higher temp.

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07-19-2011 @ 5:36 PM

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when the engine is cold the column of red liquid should be low in the glass tube as the engine heats the column rises, so you read the top of the column. The scale is not graduated in degrees. look it more as cold, Normal range and hot. Many of the rebuilt gauges seem to get to Hot too quickly and also loose the red color of the liquid.

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How does one read the temp guage on the dash of a '36 Tudor sedan? Mine is solid red and I can't tell any difference between cold and hot. NOTE: I have a modern temp guage installed under the hood and monitor temp from there while the engine is running. Car is not yet being driven on the street. Parked, with the electric fan running during a 90 degree day, the temp goes to 210 degrees and stabilizes there. The engine is still tight from rebuilding, as evidenced by the fact I'm getting 50 pounds of oil pressure at a fast idle.

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