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chipflyer · 09-13-2004, 04:18 PM

I had the same problem with my 71 with a 350. The temp needle hardley moved up at all when truck was warm and would peg full right if I grounded it so I thought the sender was bad. I made a trip to Oreilys and bought the correct sender for this year/engine (nail head type) and now when I start the truck cold the gauge goes almost all the way to hot within 5 minutes. It goes so far to the right that you would never really know if the engine were overheating.
I put the old one back in as it does move a little. Is there something about the gauges in these trucks? Several of us seem to have the same problem?
Surely others have figured somrething out.

09-13-2004, 04:18 PM	#6
chipflyer Registered User Join Date: May 2004 Location: Topeka, Ks Posts: 2,293	I had the same problem with my 71 with a 350. The temp needle hardley moved up at all when truck was warm and would peg full right if I grounded it so I thought the sender was bad. I made a trip to Oreilys and bought the correct sender for this year/engine (nail head type) and now when I start the truck cold the gauge goes almost all the way to hot within 5 minutes. It goes so far to the right that you would never really know if the engine were overheating. I put the old one back in as it does move a little. Is there something about the gauges in these trucks? Several of us seem to have the same problem? Surely others have figured somrething out. __________________ I'm not a pessimist, I'm just optimistic that bad things are going to happen. 1971 Cheyenne Super K10 - tilt, cruise, air, am/fm, tow hooks, factory buckets! 1986 Jeep J10 pickup, - 5.3L Vortec with 4L60e and NP241.