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Originally Posted by Shepard
How are you going to mount the button thermostat to the block? It would have to touch the block to read properly. You want internal temp of the oil. In the trucking industry they have high temp shutdowns on some engines. It uses a predetermined temp grounding plug like what you used for your oil temp gauge. If the engine over heats or the oil pressure falls off -- one of the switches ground and shuts the engine off. They can be bought in a variety of fixed temperatures. I was going to use your idea of the m20x2.5 bolt -- I found some allen socket head bolts -- drill it through and tap it for the sensor. What temperature would you have it turn on?
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I'm thinking along 140 degrees or so but that could be left to ones discretion
On my welder I just made a bracket that held the thermoswitch against the alternator housing using one of the bolts that hold the alternator together. I'm sure something could be devised. If one had the engine apart he could drill and tap a couple holes for that