VDO Temp Gauge

Are you dealing with a mechanical temp gauge? The long wire is its capillary not an electrical wire? VDO web site has them in many different lengths.



Hit this address, scroll down about 1/3 on the second page.

https://www.vdo-instruments.com/cat...roduct_type&p=2&q=mechanical+water+temp+gauge


6' here at NAPA; https://www.napaonline.com/en/p/BK_5011755

Soon the mighty NAPA sites will fall to the level of just another freaking part store.
Years ago my NAPA store used to go thru hoops and fires to find things for me.
Rochester mechanical / electric fuel level senders. Original VDO colored back lights.
Now, like the other spose part stores, if they can not look it up by year model car only, They can not help you. They could be sitting on what you need but they have not a clue.
On another thread, a NAPA rep stated they don't have 40w/CF-2 any more.
5 gallon pails were stacked across the front window (part number 75118).

Oh; e-bay is my friend. it's where I find most of my 32V spares. Most new.

No worries.
Gary learned some about NAPA and can save some bux in his future.
The rest of us were just remembering out loud, the old days.

When that time comes, tap before ordering. Everybody luvs those big 8D batteries. For the Bux, do they offer the performance??
Open a new thread when this comes about for your ship.
The Forum may have an option.

Looks like this is going to be a NAPA thread after all. Sorry Gary,,, it got de-railed,,, twice..

Dam, That don't look to bad after all.
UF Health Shands is putting me back together. Always been a gator fan but now, the pretty doctors and nurses are tending to me. Alive another day to spread my stuff (Crapps)....

The Noles guy (Boomer) said it looked o k in another note so I went for it....

I remember experimenting on our previous boat. Instead of a single big 8D, in the same box 3 G27s will fit. In parallel, near doubles the AH and one heck of starter current.
Lot better on your back when changing them out also.

We still have a jobber battery shop in Jax we use.
Other than a jumper cable set around a year ago, NAPA is just oil and filters for us and our customers.

East Penn / DEKA is what I get also.
Sad news, The DEKA 8V195 battery is not available any more.
Remember, My boat is still 32V (4 x 8v).
The Group 981, 8V flooded, 19 inch battery was discontinued last year.
I have to find room for the 25" batteries in my battery bilge when the 19" batts start failing.
Not sure I want to go to the 10" 8v golf cart batteries.

East Penn notified us of this long ago. Since they only make the 19" batteries a few weeks a year, the distributors reluctantly agreed to buy extras on the last run. Some also ordered extra on the 25" batt. Amazingly, there are no 19" batts in any where house already. Already bought up by smarter (mo money) than I.
Unlike the batteries of old where 2v cells were assembled in a tub (truly rebuild-able), the Deka 19 inchers are not easy to service. The larger batteries are.

So, I'm not to upset with the trends of old battery technology and mfg plans on this. It more or less had to happen.
It's just the unplanned consumption of hooch figuring out a new battery lay out and watching young people kill their backs moving heaver batteries into my bilges. I'll probably have East Penn send down a case of ET or like to help us out.