Well, it’s hurry up and wait time
for the first engine run, so the neighbors are off the hook for this
weekend.
I opened the box with the
temporary gauges and permanent senders today, and found that one of the
senders wasn’t going to work out. The temp sender hole on the water pump
housing is 12 X 1.5, and VDO didn’t list a sender in that thread, for a 250
degree gauge. I thought I had an adapter, so I just ordered the 1/8” NPT
sender. Next I found that I didn’t have the correct adapter after all,
so I ordered the correct one. In the box today was an adapter with the
correct threads, but the nose of the temp sender won’t go through the hole in
the adapter. There isn’t room to drill it out either (ask me how I know
this). I ordered a 300 degree sender, which happens to come in the
correct thread. Sure hope I don’t get near the top of that range
:-)
In other news, there are a hell of
a lot of wires in the EC-2. Since I’m starting to get to the point
of needing reading glasses, what are the chances of having all the wires in
the right place? I guess I’ll find out eventually. The latest
senders should arrive Wednesday, so maybe I can get a run in toward the end of
the week.
Rusty