Long story short, I gutted a 1996 Legacy Outback for my 1974 Chenowth Longtail rail buggy. Since I used an aftermarket ECU, I have access to the coolant temperature with my app/laptop/etc, but am trying to put together a completely "analog" solution to back that up when I don't want a tablet getting destroyed, etc. Basically a regular dash cluster.
I'd like to utilize the OEM location for the 1/8 BSPT thermistor that the gauge was hooked up to. I no longer have the Outback to rip the gauge loose, and I'm having a real hard time finding an aftermarket gauge that has a BSPT sensor. If I could find that, I'd be very pleased.
I can handle some low-level electronic stuff, so a cheap ebay gauge may be able to get a potentiometer involved and work? I'd love to know the actual specs of the sending unit itself, it's a single-wire simple probe that I can get some resistance info myself by testing it. I'd also like to know if anyone's already tackled this problem and had a solution.
Thanks in advance, just don't want to have to splice in my coolant lines for an NPT sensor if I don't have to. I'm about to put the cylinder heads back on from resurfacing and getting ready for the dash cluster is becoming the priority.
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I'd like to utilize the OEM location for the 1/8 BSPT thermistor that the gauge was hooked up to. I no longer have the Outback to rip the gauge loose, and I'm having a real hard time finding an aftermarket gauge that has a BSPT sensor. If I could find that, I'd be very pleased.
I can handle some low-level electronic stuff, so a cheap ebay gauge may be able to get a potentiometer involved and work? I'd love to know the actual specs of the sending unit itself, it's a single-wire simple probe that I can get some resistance info myself by testing it. I'd also like to know if anyone's already tackled this problem and had a solution.
Thanks in advance, just don't want to have to splice in my coolant lines for an NPT sensor if I don't have to. I'm about to put the cylinder heads back on from resurfacing and getting ready for the dash cluster is becoming the priority.
