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Old 06-10-2014, 07:28 PM   #18
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Re: Coolant Temp Gauge - What makes it work?

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Originally Posted by OJ1988 View Post
I've been trying to find a suitable one for my 88, I have a thread going in the 88-98 forum, can you guys help me out?
They changed the sender units when they made major changes to the instrument panels and gauges. The sender unit has to be matched to the gauge -- engine doesn't matter. !973-1978 is 513321, for example, but it changed in 1979. I think it changed again by 1987.

This page says the correct unit for the 1988 is a GM #8993146:
http://gmpartswiki.com/getpage?pageid=56466

It looks like it has the blade connector.

You can find them on ebay.
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trks...at=0&_from=R40

Hope that's the right one, but it is the one listed in the parts book on-line.
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