[TPR] New Stuff (Asa's update for 2015 08 19

[Asa Jay Laughton]

Again not much done tonight but a little bit of progress.

I received my order from Summit.  I tested the digital oil temp gauge by 
hooking it up, then holding it in my hand to watch the temp rise and 
then blowing on it to cool it back down to see the temp fall.  Seeing 
that it worked, I installed the gauge and gauge pod on the roll bar, but 
didn't hook it up yet.

I uncorked the oil pan to let the oil drain, laid out the new spark plug 
wires for tomorrow, did some clean up and then pulled the front plug 
from the oil pan.  This is where the oil temp sensor will go.  It's a 
rather large, probably 3/8" pipe thread; the sender is more like 1/4".  
I'll need to stop at Napa tomorrow night and source an adapter.

The only thing I'm a little worried about is grounding the sensor.  I'd 
like to use pipe tape on the threads to help seal it from leaking oil, 
but that could interfere with good grounding.  I'm just going to have to 
use the tape sparingly and check continuity as I install it.  They 
actually recommend I run the ground wire from the gauge all the way to 
the block, but that seems like overkill.  Any opinions on that?

Tomorrow I'll install the oil temp sender, engine oil and spark plug 
wires.  Then I'll work on routing wiring for the oil temp gauge.  If I 
get far enough, I might take her out for a spin to warm up the ZF and 
then drain it; letting it sit overnight to allow as much to drain out as 
possible.

Alright, so four days ago the list looked like this:
- Cut access in rockers to finish attaching roll cage
- Change ZF fluid
- Change oil in the engine
- Get new tires mounted
- Get the O2 sensor bung installed and the wires run

It now looks like this:
- Install the oil temp sender
- Finish the oil change
- Change ZF fluid
- Get new tires mounted

That should about do it I think, well, maybe a little tuning.  I'll take 
it to my buddy to evaluate how well he thinks the carb rebuild is going 
and give the steering another try.  I'm a just about ready to call it 
all "ready" for SSCC.

Asa Jay


Asa Jay Laughton - W7TSC, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
&  Shelley Marie
Spokane, WA
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