[DeTomaso] Water temp gauge update

JFFR pantera at vtc.net
Thu Mar 19 10:49:14 EDT 2020


The Veglia water temperature gauge and the original Ford sending unit 
was never a match. Ford dealers would many times install a resistor in 
the wire going to the gauge to reduce the temperature and get a more 
accurate reading.

I am also using a Fontana aluminum block, but with CHI 3V heads. My 
water temperature gauge sending unit is in one cylinder head and the EFI 
water temperature sending unit is in the other cylinder head. The 
temperature gauge is an Autometer and there is no resister in the wire 
going to it. The surge tank water temperature gauge sending unit 
location was never a very good idea to start with and many owners that 
have Cleveland engines relocated the sending unit to the block.

There is a company in New Mexico that can take your Veglia water 
temperature gauge and oil pressure gauge and install Stewart Warner 
internals with matching sending units. I believe that it would be well 
worth the money and time to have it done.



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