Mechanical Water Temp Gauge On Ls

You can but you will have to tap the head to a larger thread size.

Mechanical water temp gauge on ls. On the back of the passenger s side cylinder head there is an m12x1 5 port. Joined dec 2 2001 7 883 posts. Where is it plumbed or is it possible. Mechanical water temp gauge on ls motor.

So how did you guys implement this as its kicking my my mechanical gauge uses a 1 2 npt which does not fit anywhere on the lsx. Autometer adapter 2277 threads right into place here to get you a proper 1 8 npt port. Due to the small size of this port you will not be able to use a mechanical temp gauge without drilling and tapping the head. These electronic gauges and senders can be wired into your ls wiring harness.

Discussion starter 1 dec 22 2009. Get it as soon as wed sep 30. 4 6 out of 5 stars 79. You could also drill a hole in the water pump boss right on top by the water neck.

1 of 2 go to page. The oil pressure trick is what i used on my swap however i went a different route on the mechanical coolant gauge. Discussion starter 1 jul 5 2011. The holes in the lsx series heads use an adapter for the smaller electric sending unit.

Gm ls engine gauges installation guide 2650 1563 00 rev. Gm ls engine gauges installation guide. To install a mechanical gauge. It will be best to drill and tap with the motor on the floor out of the car.

Which uses a permanent capillary tube. 4 8l 5 3l 5 7l ls 1 version only 6 0l ls1 ls2 ls3 ls4 ls7 ls9 engines. The ls engines were introduced in the 97 corvette and followed in the 98. What did you do.

Jump to latest follow. Jr og13 king. An electric gauge is definitely the way to go here. For water temperature there is a port located on the right side passenger side.

Since older mechanical coolant gauges use a 1 2 pipe thread sender there is no adapter that works on the ls engines with their tiny metric threaded holes in the cylinder heads. Jump to latest follow 1 20 of 29 posts. Fuel system for the fuel system when doing an ls swap the most common approach is to use a c5 corvette fuel pressure regulator along with an electric fuel pump that has adequate flow such as the walbro 255. People also typically use russel fitting adapters with this.

Also the stock water temp sender in the drivers side head what aftermarket gauges work with.