BLHTAZ Posted March 6, 2008 Posted March 6, 2008 ...Thermometer that is... ;) Got this one at Harbor Freight. I wanted to check the engine temp on the MJ and see if the gauge was reading true. After driving it for about 15 miles, the guage was reading about 195/200. The block temp was between 206 & 215 depending on exatly where I pointed it, but it read 207 right on the head at the guage temp sender. The temp at the t-stat housing right on the fan temp switch was 178.
BLHTAZ Posted March 6, 2008 Author Posted March 6, 2008 It was $39.99 on sale at HF :D The same one is on eBay for $37 ... + $16 shipping :roll:
jtdesigns Posted March 6, 2008 Posted March 6, 2008 We were just talking about those not long ago..!! What do you think of the quality ?
BLHTAZ Posted March 6, 2008 Author Posted March 6, 2008 We were just talking about those not long ago..!! What do you think of the quality ?So far...it's great. I have used it on everything including the rabbit that we have running around the house :D . It's a blast...provides hours of pure entertainment :clapping: :rotfl2:
Mattpioneer Posted March 6, 2008 Posted March 6, 2008 there also fun if you have fish. they chase it like its food retards. there so dumb :nuts:
WahooSteeler Posted March 6, 2008 Posted March 6, 2008 Maybe I could get one and when Wifey pisses me off, instead of yelling or getting in an argument, I just laze up my forehead and point the temp readout towards her. As she sees the numbers start ticking like pennies on a fuel pump, maybe she'll stop pissing me off in fear I'll blow up LOL :jump:
BLHTAZ Posted March 6, 2008 Author Posted March 6, 2008 Maybe I could get one and when Wifey pisses me off, instead of yelling or getting in an argument, I just laze up my forehead and point the temp readout towards her. As she sees the numbers start ticking like pennies on a fuel pump, maybe she'll stop pissing me off in fear I'll blow up LOL :jump: HF sometimes sells those heart rate monitors that you strap on your arm too ;) .
a1awind Posted March 6, 2008 Posted March 6, 2008 yeah, saw the thread and as a car nut i wondered why you would want one of these then i saw it is a thermometer. :brows: :nuts:
BLHTAZ Posted March 6, 2008 Author Posted March 6, 2008 I actually had a sisiter to that car "back in the day". It was a 1979 Dodge Omni 024 ... :D
HOrnbrod Posted March 7, 2008 Posted March 7, 2008 ...Thermometer that is... ;) I wanted to check the engine temp on the MJ and see if the gauge was reading true. After driving it for about 15 miles, the guage was reading about 195/200. The block temp was between 206 & 215 depending on exatly where I pointed it, but it read 207 right on the head at the guage temp sender. The temp at the t-stat housing right on the fan temp switch was 178. I've been monitoring the gauge sensor closely since I finished up the electric fan install. My thermometer is an Actron infrared w. a laser pointer, and when my temp gauge is reading 200*, the sensor is reading about 195* w. the Actron. The thermometer consistently reads about 5* lower than the temp gauge, which I figured was logical since you are looking at the exterior shell of the sensor, not the hotter interior probe.
BLHTAZ Posted March 7, 2008 Author Posted March 7, 2008 Yea, that is what I was attributing the difference in mine to as well. Seems that the guage is working properly to me in my truck.
HOrnbrod Posted March 7, 2008 Posted March 7, 2008 Yeah, but your gauge is reading a bit higher than the thermometer, so maybe you are not running as hot as indicated? Or I'm running hotter than I think I am. :nuts: But with such a small diff, no worries in either case me thinks.
BLHTAZ Posted March 7, 2008 Author Posted March 7, 2008 :nuts: But with such a small diff, no worries in either case me thinks.Agreed...I am not worried with it. ;)
a1awind Posted March 7, 2008 Posted March 7, 2008 yeah taz i remeber when i was a kid, my dad had the lazer in turd brown and my mom had a daytona turbo Z in black ....i remember the scraping noise it made as she pulled into the garage and the ground effects rubbed the concrete
chicofuentes0224 Posted March 7, 2008 Posted March 7, 2008 Hey TAz, I just went out and got the exact same one. I think mine is off by like 10 degrees. I there any way to calibrate them?
BLHTAZ Posted March 7, 2008 Author Posted March 7, 2008 Hey TAz, I just went out and got the exact same one. I think mine is off by like 10 degrees. I there any way to calibrate them?How did you come to that conclusion? I don't know that there is a way to calibrate them, but I was going to check mine by boiling a pan of water and checking the temp of the water because we know the boiling point of water is 212 degrees ;) .
chicofuentes0224 Posted March 7, 2008 Posted March 7, 2008 I hit the laser to all the thermometers I have scattered around my pizza shop's coolers and freezers. I was pretty close to 10* off on all the readings. I also did the water test with a thermometer in the water, and I took a reading in both of my ovens. I can mentally adjust for the differnce but it would be nice to get a correct reading.
BLHTAZ Posted March 7, 2008 Author Posted March 7, 2008 OK...I am going to find a way to check mine now, but it will be a couple days before I have a chance.
ifixit8 Posted March 8, 2008 Posted March 8, 2008 yeah taz i remeber when i was a kid, my dad had the lazer in turd brown and my mom had a daytona turbo Z in black ....i remember the scraping noise it made as she pulled into the garage and the ground effects rubbed the concrete I would love to have any of those cars, including the GLHS. one of these days i will find and buy the cherry one. that laser thermomiter is sweet. we sell it at advance too, maybe I'll pick it up soon with the discount. ;)
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