Hi All,
Got my boat out the water for a good amount of inter maintenance and upgrades (including doing a full re-wire).
I have a question as to what options I have regarding the cooling system. My engine is one of the last ever made, in the last ever batch of the Force engines.
As part of the re-wire, I've been considering adding a temperature gauge. I've attached photos of the top.of the block by the thermostat. I have read in other posts that the existing temperature signal sender on these blocks just activates the buzzer. It would be good to see the engine is running cool at all times though.
On the top of the engine, by the thermostat housing is a brass plug, which I've read in previous posts is where you would install a temperature sender. From my photos, please can you confirm this is the correct location and thread size? (you can see the thermostat housing, the pipe which goes down to the pee hole and, the brass plug)
So, what are my options?
a) install a temperature sender and run a wire to a gauge on the new dash. Any recommendations on brand of sender?
b) any reason why I couldn't use this hole to install a flush port, to flush the engine when off? The boat is normally in a marina, making flushing with muffs extremely difficult and, engine running in the yard is not permitted.
Got my boat out the water for a good amount of inter maintenance and upgrades (including doing a full re-wire).
I have a question as to what options I have regarding the cooling system. My engine is one of the last ever made, in the last ever batch of the Force engines.
As part of the re-wire, I've been considering adding a temperature gauge. I've attached photos of the top.of the block by the thermostat. I have read in other posts that the existing temperature signal sender on these blocks just activates the buzzer. It would be good to see the engine is running cool at all times though.
On the top of the engine, by the thermostat housing is a brass plug, which I've read in previous posts is where you would install a temperature sender. From my photos, please can you confirm this is the correct location and thread size? (you can see the thermostat housing, the pipe which goes down to the pee hole and, the brass plug)
So, what are my options?
a) install a temperature sender and run a wire to a gauge on the new dash. Any recommendations on brand of sender?
b) any reason why I couldn't use this hole to install a flush port, to flush the engine when off? The boat is normally in a marina, making flushing with muffs extremely difficult and, engine running in the yard is not permitted.