'79 Temperature sensor wire powered or no?
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'79 Temperature sensor wire powered or no?
Not sure how the temperature sensor works on my kids '79 L-82. There are two unused wires in the vicinity that have the blade style connector that would mate with the sensor, one is 12v ignition and the other is no power. Wires are GRN (NO PWR) and a BLU (12V IGN ON). Thanks
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Not sure how the temperature sensor works on my kids '79 L-82. There are two unused wires in the vicinity that have the blade style connector that would mate with the sensor, one is 12v ignition and the other is no power. Wires are GRN and a BRN, I don't recall which had power. Thanks
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Not sure how the temperature sensor works on my kids '79 L-82. There are two unused wires in the vicinity that have the blade style connector that would mate with the sensor, one is 12v ignition and the other is no power. Wires are GRN and a BRN, I don't recall which had power. Thanks
The temp sensor works by varying resistance to ground and only uses a single wire. The wire is not hot.
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Thanks guys! The alternator does have a blade connector w/o a wire attached, I'll look up what that sensing wire is for. We'll try hooking up the GRN sensor wire and hope the temp sending unit is still functional. I found some barely used power window regulators on ebay so that's next up on the to do list. We really appreciate all the help we get here.
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