[DeTomaso] Installing Oil Temp gauge ...

[jderyke at aol.com]

In a message dated 1/1/10 7:43:16 PM, asajay at asajay.com writes:

> Where on the ZF do you mount the temp sender?
> Photos?
> 
Mine is about half-way up the case- still submeged in lube, on the right 
side very near the case's front. I chose this area 'cause its about as close 
to the ring/pinion mesh as I could get the sensor without going inside the 
bellhousing, and the gear mesh is arguably the source of most of the heat 
going into the transaxle lube. Unfortunately, drilling/tapping this area 
(there's a convenient 1/2" dia circular area that looks like it might have been 
intended for such a thing) requires the ZF to be out (or at least up in the air 
a ways), as the right inner fender panel and subframe rail are only an inch 
or so away. After installation, I wrote a POCA article several years ago on 
ZF lube heating during a 900-mile round trip to 'Vegas and back, not much 
of which was at 55mph.... FWIW- J Deryke.