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gotthard · 11-12-2022, 11:05 AM

I drive a model B 1932 with aftermarket motometer. The motormeter does work on hot wather, but it does not on the car. It looks not as a suprise to me, because the cooling wather level is not visible an level is below the baffle. So there is no contact to the temperature sensor of the motormeter. I wonder how that schould work normally?

To make it a little more complicate, I just bought a calormeter, witch I prefer to install. Also this item works on testrun with hot wather in the kitchen. But this item has a long shaft and therefore I cannot install because there is a conflict with the baffle.

Is there any help to solve this problem?

Brentwood Bob · 11-12-2022, 12:17 PM

Going to be taller.

katy · 11-13-2022, 11:38 AM

Can you make a copper extension (to go on the Motometer) that will reach the coolant?

Kurt in NJ · 11-13-2022, 12:33 PM

the motormeter is designed to read the air above the coolant, and steam, it will show the first little bit of steam that comes before true boiling overheating

gotthard · 11-14-2022, 12:39 PM

so I assume it is possibly not a good idea to drill in the baffle, isen‘t it?

Brentwood Bob · 11-14-2022, 03:03 PM

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Probably won't be enough clearance above tubes.

gotthard · 11-20-2022, 12:17 PM

I just found out it comes from a fordson n tractor and it runs in the coolant

Gene F · 11-21-2022, 07:42 PM

The short one , take it to a REAL HARDWARE store, if there are any left where you live. You need a spring that will tightly slip over the end of the motometer probe. That will allow the srping to conduct the water temp up to the proble. Be careful when opening the cap, because the spring can fall off it it is too stiff, or too loose fitting.

The long one, there is no answer for that one, without having a custom radiator made up. Although it does look cool.

nkaminar · 11-21-2022, 09:41 PM

The original motometers had a different calibration so that they would compensate for the bulb not being in the coolant and give a more accurate reading of the coolant temperature. The red fluid would show above the cap with a lower temperature of the vapor above the coolant. Steam was not needed before the red line showed.

11-12-2022, 12:17 PM	#2
Brentwood Bob Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: brentwood, ca Posts: 4,303	Re: motormeter / calormeter Going to be taller.

11-13-2022, 11:38 AM	#3
katy Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Red Deer, Alberta Posts: 5,104	Re: motormeter / calormeter Can you make a copper extension (to go on the Motometer) that will reach the coolant? __________________ If you don't hear a rumor by 10 AM, start one!. Got my education out behind the barn!

11-13-2022, 12:33 PM	#4
Kurt in NJ Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: on the Littlefield Posts: 6,188	Re: motormeter / calormeter the motormeter is designed to read the air above the coolant, and steam, it will show the first little bit of steam that comes before true boiling overheating

11-14-2022, 12:39 PM	#5
gotthard Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Switzerland Posts: 16	Re: motormeter / calormeter so I assume it is possibly not a good idea to drill in the baffle, isen‘t it?

11-14-2022, 03:03 PM	#6
Brentwood Bob Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: brentwood, ca Posts: 4,303	Re: motormeter / calormeter Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) Probably won't be enough clearance above tubes.

11-21-2022, 07:42 PM	#8
Gene F Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Ohio Posts: 2,051	Re: motormeter / calormeter The short one , take it to a REAL HARDWARE store, if there are any left where you live. You need a spring that will tightly slip over the end of the motometer probe. That will allow the srping to conduct the water temp up to the proble. Be careful when opening the cap, because the spring can fall off it it is too stiff, or too loose fitting. The long one, there is no answer for that one, without having a custom radiator made up. Although it does look cool.

11-21-2022, 09:41 PM	#9
nkaminar Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Western North Carolina Posts: 4,122	Re: motormeter / calormeter The original motometers had a different calibration so that they would compensate for the bulb not being in the coolant and give a more accurate reading of the coolant temperature. The red fluid would show above the cap with a lower temperature of the vapor above the coolant. Steam was not needed before the red line showed. __________________ A is for apple, green as the sky. Step on the gas, for tomorrow I die. Forget the brakes, they really don't work. The clutch always sticks, and starts with a jerk. My car grows red hair, and flies through the air. Driving's a blast, a blast from the past.