Temp guage 🤒 trouble. What now?

[rcl700]

While trying to put the guage cluster back into the dash today I messed up. 

Iv been so careful to protect the temp guage all these months, but today I believe I cracked the line  😵. I had my arm behind the cluster when I felt wet cold spay from behind the temp guage. I'm at a loss now. What can I do? Are these in anyway repairable? I'm crushed and defeated... 

[TodFitch]

There are shops that can repair your temperature gauge.

 

Or, if you are reasonable handy and comfortable with a soldering iron, you can fix it yourself. See https://www.ply33.com/Repair/tempgauge

[Sniper]

I see your problem, you were on your head when you were installing it, lol.  You might find someone that has a spare if you can't fix yours. 

 

Or, if you are feeling a bit blingy I submit this option

 

https://boeseengineering.com/product-category/dodge-gauge-panels/plymouth-gauge-panels/1946-1948-plymouth-car-gauge-panels/

[rcl700]

I actually really like the look of these but for now I'm 6v pos. ground, all stock. I just need to get get running. I have never driven the car I have the motor out. New cluch,resurfaced flywheel, 230, and I'm in the process of rewiring the car (first time rewiring anything vehicle 🙄) 

 

Grandpa's car, off the road for 30+. I just hate that all the care I took to protect that guage, I still messed it up. 

 

Hopefully  Grandpa will be proudly looking down one day when I'm out diving under her own power. 

 

May just have to keep going on the build until I can come across a replacement or find someone who knows how to repair this guage. 

 

I'm slowly plugging away at this car. 

 

[53windsor]

I went and bought an aftermarket mechanical gauge from the flaps (friendly local auto parts store) until I can afford to get mine fixed, or learn to do it myself. Installation was pretty straight forward, I just lay it in the ashtray until I get rich/ambitious.

[rcl700]

4 hours ago, 53windsor said:

I went and bought an aftermarket mechanical gauge from the flaps (friendly local auto parts store) until I can afford to get mine fixed, or learn to do it myself. Installation was pretty straight forward, I just lay it in the ashtray until I get rich/ambitious.

You were able to find a guage that the line fit the block threds or did you have to adapt? 

[TodFitch]

1 minute ago, rcl700 said:

You were able to find a guage that the line fit the block threds or did you have to adapt? 

The typical aftermarket mechanical temperature gauges come with an assortment of fittings for the various common sizes of threaded openings in the block. At least when I have repaired my temperature gauge, one of those fittings was the correct pipe thread for the opening in my engine’s head.

[DJK]

Had mine rebuilt by Autoinstruments 

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Or you can check Hemmings Motor News, there are companies advertising in there that repair them.

[Bob Riding]

20 hours ago, Sniper said:

I see your problem, you were on your head when you were installing it, lol.  You might find someone that has a spare if you can't fix yours. 

 

Or, if you are feeling a bit blingy I submit this option

 

https://boeseengineering.com/product-category/dodge-gauge-panels/plymouth-gauge-panels/1946-1948-plymouth-car-gauge-panels/

Spendy!

[Sniper]

Only if you get the gauge and bezel kit.  You can use whatever gauges you want and buy the bezel ala carte.

 

 

[Dan Hiebert]

Andy Bernbaum Auto Parts advertises that they'll fix temp gauges, too.  Last time I checked, it costs about the same as an NOS one.  I'll probably be in the marked to get mine fixed soon, it's been kaput as long as we've owned the car.  It's got an aftermarket gauge in it that came with all the appropriate bezels and fittings, SunPro brand bought at Pep Boys in El Paso, TX.