Temperature Sending Unit
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Heel & Toe
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From: ontario
Temperature Sending Unit
My water temp gauage is not connected from what I can see and not working in the dash...1969/350 small block ..wondering if the sending unit screws in on the bottom side of the motor right where the headers are covering
....or hopefully on top there is a plug location where the top rad hose runs...looked at the manual very vague as to location...any help..Codi
....or hopefully on top there is a plug location where the top rad hose runs...looked at the manual very vague as to location...any help..Codi
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Heel & Toe
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thanks I guess... just kidding not to shoot the messenger LOL...that means the retard I bought the car from did not notch the headers for the sending unit...
...great that should be fun with the hookers and all...Codi
just kidding not to shoot the messenger LOL...that means the retard I bought the car from did not notch the headers for the sending unit......great that should be fun with the hookers and all...Codi
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Feel around the flange- just about all SBC headers are notched for the sender- that's the standard location. Won't hurt anything to put it in the intake next to the t'stat either.
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Look for the green wire too.. Once you find the wire remove it from the sender and if the dash unit is working it should go to cool. Then ground the green wire to the block and the dash unit should peg. If it does this then the dash unit is working fine and replace the sender.
If the gauge fails to move then you'll need to get behind it and do some testing.
Willcox
If the gauge fails to move then you'll need to get behind it and do some testing.
Willcox
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temp sender
The PO was likely not the guilty party. Header manufacturer was.
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sounds alot like the previous owner of mine. He bought the wrond sending unit so that the connectiopns didnt match up and instead of exchanging it for the right one he left it in the block unconnnected. same with the oil pressure unit. Hard to believe what goes through some people heads sometimes.
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Great help everyone...especially the pic.......I opened up the dash cause I could not find the green wire from the harness inside the engine compartment...the green wire leaves the dash gauge and then goes to uganda..
...Could not find it so I will run a new wire from the sending unit to the dash gauge GRRR...would it be a big deal to put the sending unit up on top the motor beside the thermostat housing? Thanks Codi
....I opened up the dash cause I could not find the green wire from the harness inside the engine compartment...the green wire leaves the dash gauge and then goes to uganda.....Could not find it so I will run a new wire from the sending unit to the dash gauge GRRR...would it be a big deal to put the sending unit up on top the motor beside the thermostat housing? Thanks Codi
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St. Jude Donor '08-'09-'10-'11-'12-'13-'14-'15
Great help everyone...especially the pic.......I opened up the dash cause I could not find the green wire from the harness inside the engine compartment...the green wire leaves the dash gauge and then goes to uganda.....Could not find it so I will run a new wire from the sending unit to the dash gauge GRRR...would it be a big deal to put the sending unit up on top the motor beside the thermostat housing? Thanks Codi
....I opened up the dash cause I could not find the green wire from the harness inside the engine compartment...the green wire leaves the dash gauge and then goes to uganda.....Could not find it so I will run a new wire from the sending unit to the dash gauge GRRR...would it be a big deal to put the sending unit up on top the motor beside the thermostat housing? Thanks CodiIf you find the wire here.. then see if you can find where it runs to. If it is cut then you can extend it out and then test as I said above. No sense in tearing the dash apart just yet...
