Re: [Chrysler300] '62 Temp Gauge

[Paul Holmgren <paulholm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ray Jones wrote:

> Matt, invest in a thermal remote gauge. Like the ones they point and 
> get temps from various places on the side of houses and tires. Make 
> sure it's a non-contact type. They're in the $40 or less range, for a 
> cheap one. That way when you have your dash gauge reading on the high 
> side, you can open the hood and get readings. Personally, I would put 
> in a 14 lb. Cap. That raises the boiling point of water, won't change 
> the temps, but makes it less likely to boil over.
> Ray

Having one of those temp devices is FUN!!
You can aim em at brake parts, header tubes, lights, A/C vents,
great for speculating on bad plugs, just by aiming at each exhaust
port (or as close as you can get to it on the manifold)

BUT

Will they let you test it before you buy it???

Test it out when you get it, SOME of the IR detectors have harder times 
reading some of the surfaces you are probably going to aim it at.
I have one that cannt read radiator tank tops too well, it reads great 
some other surfaces, but rad hoses and tanktops were a bust, actually 
worthless on those areas. Read in the 90's but in reality were too hot 
to hold.

On a whim I visited my local Harbor Freight and bought one of thier $10 
specials, it reads some surfaces better then the older one I have.
where as the older unit when its reading well, measures to a higher max 
then the bulk of the crop Harbor Freight had in thier store.
Humm, that might be something to note when reading the packages when you 
are shopping.

-- 
Paul Holmgren
2 57 300-C's in Indy
Hoosier Corps L#6


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