Range Rover Temp Sender Thread Size?
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QBee said:
I have to mention, when I ordered I exopected to have to buy two, but they let me buy one. The downside is that carriage is £7 plus VAT (DPD next day from Swansea).
Buying two senders equated to £15.10p each including VAT & carriage, so how much is a single sender Anthony?QBee said:
Just finished fitting mine... the job - b
d for access, innocent looking location after disconnecting everything I could
So you shouldn't have had to go through all that mate, I did mine in 10 minutes with a variety of sockets tacking the job from directly above the sender, there is definitely do need to remove the ECU sender.d for access, innocent looking location after disconnecting everything I couldAre you able to plug into your Emerald ECU to see true coolant temp on your laptop and then compare it with the gauge? This will give us a second review of accuracy, certainly my Canems software temp reading now follows my gauge perfectly but it would be good to see what you get on your Emerald?
Anyway, glad it worked out for you
One was £21.40.
Yes, looking back I didn’t need to remove as much, because in the end I did manage to get a socket on it. At the start I read this thread and one of the posts left me thinking I needed to get a ring spanner or similar on it. I tried a socket but it didn’t go.
It was only later that I realised I had to get a socket on it to avoid damage, and started experimenting with different lengths of socket, that I managed to do it that way and realised that removing stuff wasn’t needed. To be fair, only the coolant pipe gave me any bother.
I will see if I can get my Emerald software up and running - I have changed laptops since I first got the Emerald, but I think I can still find the software on my old laptop. It ought to be very similar, given the proximity of the ECU sender to the Range Rover sender.
Yes, looking back I didn’t need to remove as much, because in the end I did manage to get a socket on it. At the start I read this thread and one of the posts left me thinking I needed to get a ring spanner or similar on it. I tried a socket but it didn’t go.
It was only later that I realised I had to get a socket on it to avoid damage, and started experimenting with different lengths of socket, that I managed to do it that way and realised that removing stuff wasn’t needed. To be fair, only the coolant pipe gave me any bother.
I will see if I can get my Emerald software up and running - I have changed laptops since I first got the Emerald, but I think I can still find the software on my old laptop. It ought to be very similar, given the proximity of the ECU sender to the Range Rover sender.
QBee said:
One was £21.40.
Yes, looking back I didn’t need to remove as much, because in the end I did manage to get a socket on it. At the start I read this thread and one of the posts left me thinking I needed to get a ring spanner or similar on it. I tried a socket but it didn’t go.
It was only later that I realised I had to get a socket on it to avoid damage, and started experimenting with different lengths of socket, that I managed to do it that way and realised that removing stuff wasn’t needed. To be fair, only the coolant pipe gave me any bother.
I will see if I can get my Emerald software up and running - I have changed laptops since I first got the Emerald, but I think I can still find the software on my old laptop. It ought to be very similar, given the proximity of the ECU sender to the Range Rover sender.
I downloaded the software from the Emerald website for my new laptop.Yes, looking back I didn’t need to remove as much, because in the end I did manage to get a socket on it. At the start I read this thread and one of the posts left me thinking I needed to get a ring spanner or similar on it. I tried a socket but it didn’t go.
It was only later that I realised I had to get a socket on it to avoid damage, and started experimenting with different lengths of socket, that I managed to do it that way and realised that removing stuff wasn’t needed. To be fair, only the coolant pipe gave me any bother.
I will see if I can get my Emerald software up and running - I have changed laptops since I first got the Emerald, but I think I can still find the software on my old laptop. It ought to be very similar, given the proximity of the ECU sender to the Range Rover sender.
Fitted mine this afternoon. Removed breather hose unplugged left bank HT leads removed Dizzy cap and removed the RR sender with 12mm open ended spanner. Replaced the new sender with a 13mm open ended spanner ran up to temp until fans kicked in 30 minute job at most.
The readings I got on the gauge as I don't have Infra red were thermostat opened at just short of 90 dropping to 75 building up again until fans cut in at 90 and switching of at about 78. took the car for a run seemed stable enough running between 75 and 90 in traffic and moving. This mod cured my erratic gauge that appeared Saturday afternoon. When I was waiting for the fans to cut in and out I saw only 1 fan was working it was a bad connection so well worth doing the mod. So a big thanks to Dave CoG
The readings I got on the gauge as I don't have Infra red were thermostat opened at just short of 90 dropping to 75 building up again until fans cut in at 90 and switching of at about 78. took the car for a run seemed stable enough running between 75 and 90 in traffic and moving. This mod cured my erratic gauge that appeared Saturday afternoon. When I was waiting for the fans to cut in and out I saw only 1 fan was working it was a bad connection so well worth doing the mod. So a big thanks to Dave CoG
My senders came in just a few days so I wouldn't worry, however I'm not sure why they charged you £40.80 for two when I paid £30.20 for two all in with VAT and carriage? What we do know is asd2001 got the same deal as me making each sender £15.10p and Qbee bought a single for £21.40 plus next day delivery at £7+ VAT so I'm assuming he paid somewhere in the order of £30 for his one?
I guess at that price he could have just bought two for the same price and had a spare left over, or resold it to a fellow TVR Chin/Griff owner, but knowing Anthony as I do he probably would have just given it away to help someone out.
When I discovered this sender I did consider keeping quiet about where there came from, buying a job lot of them, then re-distributing to the TVR community at £5.00 profit each. But that's not in line with what I believe the TVR community stands for so I prefer to share the information at no personal gain even though I know the TVR parts specialists read these pages and will undoubtedly soon be offering the Caerbont 1/8 NPT TT6811-03 sender and profiting from my research.
Actually I have no issue with this, the TVR parts specialists play an important role in keeping our cars on the road and make buying tried and tested components easy for us all, so we really should be supporting them or we stand to lose a valuable source of parts. The TVR parts specialists will also offer Chimaera & Griffith owners the convenience of buying this sender in singles, so I wish them all the best and hope they make a small profit from each one they sell.
Don't forget though chaps Caerbont told me the Caterham parts specialist Redline Components Ltd also sell the TT6811-03 sender and apparently they will supply them singularly, I've no idea how much they charge but someone may want to try this route and share the price on this post?
I also could have shared all this information on Facebook but within a day the information will be lost to the wind whereas Pistonheads continues to be a vast permanent and ever growing searchable archive of extremely useful information that will continue to benefit TVR owners, and hopefully for years to come. Facebook is great for folks who like to post videos of their latest exhaust mod or show others they've just cleaned and waxed their car, horses for courses but I find all that behaviour rather fatuous
Pistonheads on the other hand is where we discuss and share properly useful information to the eternal benefit of others, I firmly believe as a community of fellow enthusiasts we should support each other and share. 'What goes around comes around', there are plenty of great guys in our community like Peter (Phazed) that have helped me out in the past, only recently Anthony (QBee) sent me a specific shaped stepper motor hose and then refused to charge me a penny for it.
In my book it's people like this who are true TVR enthusiasts
Dave.
I guess at that price he could have just bought two for the same price and had a spare left over, or resold it to a fellow TVR Chin/Griff owner, but knowing Anthony as I do he probably would have just given it away to help someone out.
When I discovered this sender I did consider keeping quiet about where there came from, buying a job lot of them, then re-distributing to the TVR community at £5.00 profit each. But that's not in line with what I believe the TVR community stands for so I prefer to share the information at no personal gain even though I know the TVR parts specialists read these pages and will undoubtedly soon be offering the Caerbont 1/8 NPT TT6811-03 sender and profiting from my research.
Actually I have no issue with this, the TVR parts specialists play an important role in keeping our cars on the road and make buying tried and tested components easy for us all, so we really should be supporting them or we stand to lose a valuable source of parts. The TVR parts specialists will also offer Chimaera & Griffith owners the convenience of buying this sender in singles, so I wish them all the best and hope they make a small profit from each one they sell.
Don't forget though chaps Caerbont told me the Caterham parts specialist Redline Components Ltd also sell the TT6811-03 sender and apparently they will supply them singularly, I've no idea how much they charge but someone may want to try this route and share the price on this post?
I also could have shared all this information on Facebook but within a day the information will be lost to the wind whereas Pistonheads continues to be a vast permanent and ever growing searchable archive of extremely useful information that will continue to benefit TVR owners, and hopefully for years to come. Facebook is great for folks who like to post videos of their latest exhaust mod or show others they've just cleaned and waxed their car, horses for courses but I find all that behaviour rather fatuous
Pistonheads on the other hand is where we discuss and share properly useful information to the eternal benefit of others, I firmly believe as a community of fellow enthusiasts we should support each other and share. 'What goes around comes around', there are plenty of great guys in our community like Peter (Phazed) that have helped me out in the past, only recently Anthony (QBee) sent me a specific shaped stepper motor hose and then refused to charge me a penny for it.
In my book it's people like this who are true TVR enthusiasts
Dave.
I got mine for £13ea Inc VAT plus postage of £4.19 for normal Royal Mail postage. When I spoke to Niall he said that they usually use a courier but that would be £8 to £9 and I wouldn't get them any quicker (he was correct, I paid for them on Tuesday and they were delivered Thursday). He also said that they don't have a minimum order quantity but they do have a minimum order value of £25 hence might as well have two for the price of one as such. I have fitted mine this morning and will be out on a run to TVRSSW in Wellington later on today so will report back on guage readings afterwards.
I spoke to the guy at Redline, he wasn't sure we were ordering the right part, but he was in a car driving at the time . I think you're better going direct to Caerbont . I couldn't get Nial or Jan , but spoke to a nice Welsh lady called Gail Jones 
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Thanks Dave, agree with everything you said .
.Thanks Dave, agree with everything you said .
Can’t put a price on an accurate temperature gauge on a special car. I bet there will be a good few cars blasting about pushing this mod to the limit, nows the time to find out. Enjoy the sun and I’m looking forward to hopefully the many good results, at last we might find the water temp is actually very stable. Fingers crossed. Be really interesting on a cold night what it reads, mine reads 75 if that but the heaters hot.
Classic Chim said:
Can’t put a price on an accurate temperature gauge on a special car. I bet there will be a good few cars blasting about pushing this mod to the limit, nows the time to find out. Enjoy the sun and I’m looking forward to hopefully the many good results, at last we might find the water temp is actually very stable. Fingers crossed. Be really interesting on a cold night what it reads, mine reads 75 if that but the heaters hot.
Isn't a thermostat a wonderful invention?I have had a chat with our good friend from south of Dorking about booking a track day. It's the only real way to test the gauge and sender at the top end.
20 laps of Brands Hatch Indie circuit on a sunny afternoon with the turbo on full boost should tell me all I need to know.
I will return to the pits with the fans going full tilt and the oil at around 120 degrees.
I will report back on water temperatures.
It will be a few weeks, so don't hold your breath.....
20 laps of Brands Hatch Indie circuit on a sunny afternoon with the turbo on full boost should tell me all I need to know.
I will return to the pits with the fans going full tilt and the oil at around 120 degrees.
I will report back on water temperatures.
It will be a few weeks, so don't hold your breath.....
QBee said:
I have had a chat with our good friend from south of Dorking about booking a track day. It's the only real way to test the gauge and sender at the top end.
20 laps of Brands Hatch Indie circuit on a sunny afternoon with the turbo on full boost should tell me all I need to know.
I will return to the pits with the fans going full tilt and the oil at around 120 degrees.
I will report back on water temperatures.
It will be a few weeks, so don't hold your breath.....
I'd be up for a little visit to Brand's Anthony. I haven't been there for ages.20 laps of Brands Hatch Indie circuit on a sunny afternoon with the turbo on full boost should tell me all I need to know.
I will return to the pits with the fans going full tilt and the oil at around 120 degrees.
I will report back on water temperatures.
It will be a few weeks, so don't hold your breath.....
trev4 said:
QBee said:
I have had a chat with our good friend from south of Dorking about booking a track day. It's the only real way to test the gauge and sender at the top end.
20 laps of Brands Hatch Indie circuit on a sunny afternoon with the turbo on full boost should tell me all I need to know.
I will return to the pits with the fans going full tilt and the oil at around 120 degrees.
I will report back on water temperatures.
It will be a few weeks, so don't hold your breath.....
I'd be up for a little visit to Brand's Anthony. I haven't been there for ages.20 laps of Brands Hatch Indie circuit on a sunny afternoon with the turbo on full boost should tell me all I need to know.
I will return to the pits with the fans going full tilt and the oil at around 120 degrees.
I will report back on water temperatures.
It will be a few weeks, so don't hold your breath.....
), completely locked up, and at 90 degrees to the track, waiting for the Armco to come and bite me, made me come to the conclusion that I should be somewhere warmer, dryer, and not in a car.QBee said:
I have had a chat with our good friend from south of Dorking about booking a track day. It's the only real way to test the gauge and sender at the top end.
20 laps of Brands Hatch Indie circuit on a sunny afternoon with the turbo on full boost should tell me all I need to know.
I will return to the pits with the fans going full tilt and the oil at around 120 degrees.
I will report back on water temperatures.
It will be a few weeks, so don't hold your breath.....
In the mean time mate, if you can plug into your emerald ECU the software on your laptop will display a very accurate digital readout of the true coolant temperature which you can compare with your gauge.20 laps of Brands Hatch Indie circuit on a sunny afternoon with the turbo on full boost should tell me all I need to know.
I will return to the pits with the fans going full tilt and the oil at around 120 degrees.
I will report back on water temperatures.
It will be a few weeks, so don't hold your breath.....
This method and perhaps the use of an infra red thermometer gun are the only true ways to test the accuracy of your gauge now you have the new TT6811-03 sender fitted.
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