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Old 04-13-2020, 09:00 PM   #7
Synchro909
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Default Re: Thermo Quail

I have one on my Tudor and think it is about as useful as flyscreens on a submarine. I used to have a motor meter on my Phaeton and to get any reading out of it, I cut a piece of copper tube so it just fit over the bottom of the thermometer,. it pointed down with a bend at the bottom pointed towards the radiator inlet so it kind of scooped in the hot water coming from the engine. There was a hole just under the thermometer to let the water out again. The idea was to have water from the engine constantly circulating past the sensitive pert of it so I could get a reading on the water, not on the air above the water. It worked very well but I can't do it to the quail because I wouldn't be able to open the cap. Apart from the looks of the thing, it is useless. I'm sorry I bought a quail with the thermometer.
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