[AT] Engine Temp Gauges

[Al Jones]

I'd have to check but I think that the gauge and the shutters did come together as one attachment.  No Super A had a water pump from the factory.  The '54 Super A-1's did but there weren't many of them.  The temp. sensor mounted in the upper radiator connection on them.  If a Super A has a water pump, it was added later. When you add a pump on, you remove the lower water elbow, which elliminates the place where the gauge sensor goes.

I don't think the water pump conversion was as common here as in some places.  My Super A has been here since new, and it was worked HARD a lot, and never had need for one.  I could see that in some situations it could be an advantage to add a pump but we just never needed it.

Al

-----Original Message-----
>From: Ben Wagner <ben at olde-books.com>
>Sent: Feb 1, 2010 10:20 AM
>To: 'Antique tractor email discussion group' <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>Subject: Re: [AT] Engine Temp Gauges
>
>She is a 1948 model, which means it is a thermosyphon.  Maybe only the Super
>A's with radiator shutters or water pumps have gauges.  
>
>Thanks,
>Ben Wagner
>
>-----Original Message-----
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>[mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of charliehill
>Sent: Sunday, January 31, 2010 12:43 PM
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>Subject: Re: [AT] Engine Temp Gauges
>
>Ben, I'm not a Farmall expert but I'll ask this question to speed up the 
>conversation because I think it will be asked by the guys that know Super 
>A's.
>
>Does your Super A have a water pump or is it a thermosyphon model?  I 
>believe the early Super A did not have water pumps.  That might make a 
>difference as far as the temp guage option, availability and location.
>
>Charlie
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