leaking/inaccurate water temp gauge

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My '29 Town Sedan has a small but persistent water leak around the

point where the water temperature sensor comes out of the engine block

-- right around the "wire" of the temp, not in the threaded fitting.

The temp gauge also reads quite low, about 130 even when the engine is

fully warmed up.



Can this simply be disassembled, repacked (say, with the graphite cord

that plumbers use) and reassembled to stop the leak? How can I fix the

inaccurate temp reading?



Lew Phelps

1929 Hudson Town Sedan