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gchemist · 08-23-2001, 06:22 AM

DBLSPRT68,

Hey I have a '83 Silverardo too.

Sounds like there is a ground problem or the guage was not installed properly. Check the block sending unit. It screws into the block on the driverside block ligned up with carb somewhere below the 4 & 6 plugs. I would replace that unit first. Then check all the "silver" contacts that the guage touches in the dash panel. Check all the terminals with voltmeter. One should have power when the key is turned on. One is a ground and the other should be a ground from the block temperature sending unit.

I removed the factory guages in my truck and installed digital guages. They work and look prety cool. Vist my web page below. You'll find some pictures there.

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Gerardo
1983 Custom Truck
TX Plates: "BAD BOW"
http://www.geocities.com/abetterchemist/

08-23-2001, 06:22 AM	#2
gchemist BAD BOW-Silverado XST Join Date: May 2000 Location: Senior Member from Austin, TX Posts: 6,431	DBLSPRT68, Hey I have a '83 Silverardo too. Sounds like there is a ground problem or the guage was not installed properly. Check the block sending unit. It screws into the block on the driverside block ligned up with carb somewhere below the 4 & 6 plugs. I would replace that unit first. Then check all the "silver" contacts that the guage touches in the dash panel. Check all the terminals with voltmeter. One should have power when the key is turned on. One is a ground and the other should be a ground from the block temperature sending unit. I removed the factory guages in my truck and installed digital guages. They work and look prety cool. Vist my web page below. You'll find some pictures there. ------------------ Gerardo 1983 Custom Truck TX Plates: "BAD BOW" http://www.geocities.com/abetterchemist/ __________________ Gerardo a.k.a. Mad Chemist Silverado XST videos