Well , I toyed with 3 thermostat sensors, all were a waist.
On my 1965 mark 2 with 41,000 original miles , I buckled for the toggle switch under the dash.
What a pleasure. It starts right up, runs at 1,100 for three minute or so till you turn it off and the car does not foul the plugs or takes 30 times to start the car.
So it looks stock under the bonnet do the following.
1. run hot wire from the solenoid switch to one side of the toggle, Ive included a in line fuse. 10 amp.
2. ran a ground wire from fire wall to other side of the switch .
3. Leaving the wire green black connected to the old thermo switch so it looks un touched even though the line is dead.
4. just peel back the wire at the live solenoid.
5.Ran both wires through the fire wall and put the switch under the dash on the removable leather panel piece.
It didn't take long.....
Good luck, my car starts on the dime and I can control when to turn it on or off.
GTJOEY1314

 

Thanks- that is a very helpful post. I am going to try and get the thermostat sensor on mine to work, but if it doesn't, this is a great plan.

 

Your welcome, people have been doing it for decades, was trying to keep it simple and original, but once your used to a modern fuel injection car , it becomes annoying feathering a gas pedal and sitting there for ten minutes till it holds idle. All done.
Good luck.

 

what is the solenoid switch? can you post a picture??

 

The electric choke switch is stacked above the carbs.........

 

The solenoid switch will be the solenoid on the auxiliary carburetor between the two carbs, thermo switch is the Otter switch in the inlet manifold.

I have to admit I found the description a little confusing ( sorry GTJoey) , correct me if I'm wrong, but what you are doing is taking the green/black ground wire off the auxiliary carb solenoid, leaving the other end connected to the otter switch for looks, and then running a new cable from the solenoid to the switch and then via the switch to ground.

This simply replaces the Otter switch with a manual switch as GTJoey says.

 

Correct........I'm from New York, It comes out different....So forgetabout it!

 

That made me laugh GTJoey

 

ok I get it now, thank you Jon.

are there Jaguars in NY ?? what for? I thought all they had there were Checker taxis driven by mental institution graduates?

 

And I thought we were all supposed to take everything SO seriously !

Hilarious, I have visions of guys in straight jackets driving Checker Cabs now !

 

in Philadelphia too, ask me how I know.

 

Wild guess ? !

 

the good news: it's not a Checker.

 

hey Jon,

I drive a somewhat similar vehicle, because I'm an old mad musician and need to carry a lot of stage equipment to the jobs.

that mental institution Daimler seems like a great vehicle for my purposes.

what year would that Daimler be?

were they ever built LHD?

here's my mini-van

 

Oh dear Jose, I wouldn't admit to owning that !

The Daimler in question was (from Wiki)

Daimler DE was a series of chassis made by the Daimler Company from 1946 to 1953. DE chassis were the basis for Daimler's largest and most expensive cars at the time. There were two versions: the short-wheelbase DE 27 with the Daimler Twenty-seven six cylinder engine, and the long-wheelbase DE 36, the last Daimler Straight-Eight, with the Thirty-six straight-eight engine. Daimler DEs, especially the DE 36 Straight-Eight, was sold to royalty and heads of state around the world, including British royalty under the royal warrant that Daimler had held since 1900.
The DE chassis was also the basis for the DC ambulance chassis on which coachbuilders Barker and Hooper built five hundred units of the Daimler DC 27 Ambulance. A variant of the DC chassis became the DH chassis, on which fifty DH 27 limousines were built for Daimler Hire.


Don't think there were any left hand drives, well I can't find any, maybe we could convert one, I would bet they would be REALLY cheap if we could find one !!!

 

Jon, a vehicle like that would be fabulous in the USA. Heck I would go as far as painting a logo "The Mental Health Band".

 

I'll start looking for one for you Jose