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Old 06-07-2014, 11:19 AM   #8
ls1nova71
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Re: Easy Coolant Temp Sensor Fix

90's gauges use one wire, I believe he's talking about the two wires coming off the potentiometer, one to sender, and the other to the gauge. My concern though is that the gauge won't be linear in it's movement. I tried the same thing a long time ago by calculating the resistances and then put the correct resistor in line, and although I did get the gauge to read straight up at 195*, but when it got a lot hotter, the gauge didn't show it, if that makes sense. It moved a little more to the right, but not into the red part of the gauge, and clearly should have been.
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