• Hi Guest!
    If you appreciate British Car Forum and our 25 years of supporting British car enthusiasts with technical and anicdotal information, collected from our thousands of great members, please support us with a low-cost subscription. You can become a supporting member for less than the dues of most car clubs.

    There are some perks with a member upgrade!
    **Upgrade Now**
    (PS: Subscribers don't see this gawd-aweful banner
Tips
Tips

Capillary Tube repair

Marvinator

Member
Country flag
Offline
Is there a way to reattach the cable to the capillary tube. This is the sending unit out of a 1098 spridget. Screws into the head for temperature.

IMG_20220127_142351.jpg
 
Yes, the gauge can be repaired. However, the tube and sensor are filled with ether and your's is gone. The solution is to buy a cheap water temp gauge at one of the big box auto parts store and use the new sensor and ether in a repair of your gauge. Do a search on Google for "1933 Plymouth temperature gauge repair" and you will find a website with complete instructions for doing this repair. 😁

Rick
 
It's "fiddly" but do-able! And remember: ether is flammable... :eek:
 
Yes, the gauge can be repaired. However, the tube and sensor are filled with ether and your's is gone. The solution is to buy a cheap water temp gauge at one of the big box auto parts store and use the new sensor and ether in a repair of your gauge. Do a search on Google for "1933 Plymouth temperature gauge repair" and you will find a website with complete instructions for doing this repair. 😁

Rick
Thanks
 
Back
Top