The purpose of the drive temp sensor install was to determine if the current drive shower was doing the job or not. I had my doubts before which have now been confirmed.

If anyone out there has a good drive shower for which they would be willing to accept a heavy discount on the purchase price of that drive shower in exchange for test data on its performance please let me know.

I checked the Gaffrig online cataloq and only find the brass type sensors like I used http://www.gaffrigperformance.com/Pr...SubCategory=18

If the Gaffrig catalog you are referencing is an old copy it may be the stainless drive oil temperature sensor kit for Bravo drives that is no longer available. Is that what you are referencing?

NO,,its actually the brand new catalog ,,and its a water temp sender.
Do you whant me to send u one ?! I mean catalog. LOL

Does this stainless steel water temperature sensor have the proper threads and gasket sealing end configuration to correctly install in the upper Bravo Drive oil fill hole? Or is additional machining required to make this sensor work in the Bravo drive?

What is the temperature range that this sensor is designed to register (on a water temperature gage? or an oil temperature gage?)

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sorry,,,u would have to call Gaffrig to find out .

But i think its diffrent thread ,,not shure ?!

But instead of cutting and retaping i quess a fitting would be alot better option.

Hey Daredevil, It took me a while to figure it out but I finally found the #9111 sender you mentioned. I see that Rage couldn't find it either. You have to download their catalog in order to find it. I believe it's on page 29 and is the last sender shown. Not many details like temp range but it is clearly not made of brass. $14. though, I'm gonna give it a try. Lets keep this going until someone starts making something to sell or we come up with the combo on our own. Thanks for everyones input on this subject.

Talked to Mike from Gaffrig today,,,,he will see if he can find a discontinued KIT in the shop and give me the details.

Then he can hook me up to get them made again !!!

So be relaxed.

He also told me the reason why they did not have them made anymore is it was not worth the effort since the production could not be done for just 10 off them and the sales on them was redicilus low .

But i will saty on it.

Just a thought, but if going to all the trouble of wiring up the sensor and gauge etc, why not also plumb in a cooler as well..? That way, the drive oil is kept cool.. I think Drew marine in WA developed such a kit, and you can just have the sensor tapped into the cooler line in the boat, use a brass temp sensor etc. just like a regular oil temp with NPT threads..

Just my $.02


(PS.. I plan to do this on my IMCO SC drive, and the boat is already rigged with gauges. I need to run the through hulls for the oil lines for the drive, and connect the pump.)

I have a pair of the thru hull fittings used and the temp sender had a seat on thethreads with an O ring and had a jamb nut to tighten up so you didn't have to twist the 50' of wire around. You know that there are some of those senders lying someplace. They never sell down to the last one. I have a machinist that can make us the fittings to thread into the drive but I have no idea how to get a sender to work with it. The original one was very thin. I'll talk to him tomorrow.