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where to get temp wire end?
where can i get the fitting that hooks to the thing in the block for temp?
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67 c-10, 400 SB, TH350, 4.10 gears, Blazer tank,camaro tach, sidemarker fuel fill (soon) WTB: stepside parts, 67 front end parts, 67 small window cab. posi for 3.73 or 4.10 for 12 bolt and 10 bolt. |
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just use a regular female spade connector
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I did just as cableguy0 says. Works fine. I even have the special kind with the extra prong on it. That way if I ever find the plastic clip that's supposed to go on it, I can just snap it in and be fancy.
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it's a round post....how will a female connector go on a round post? i have the ones with plastic on them to shield them some from water...do i have to take that off?
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because its thin and wide enough for the connector to hold all the stock connector is is a spade connector surrounded in plastic
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now im pissed.......all i had was them female connectors with plastic over them so i took a razer and was cutting it off and sliced 2 of my fingers real bad....then i took the torch and burned the plastic off and the dam thing still wont fit....i think someone should take pity on me for being so stupid and send me a plug lol note the bandaged razor sliced finger lol......
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67 c-10, 400 SB, TH350, 4.10 gears, Blazer tank,camaro tach, sidemarker fuel fill (soon) WTB: stepside parts, 67 front end parts, 67 small window cab. posi for 3.73 or 4.10 for 12 bolt and 10 bolt. |
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ttt
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67 c-10, 400 SB, TH350, 4.10 gears, Blazer tank,camaro tach, sidemarker fuel fill (soon) WTB: stepside parts, 67 front end parts, 67 small window cab. posi for 3.73 or 4.10 for 12 bolt and 10 bolt. |
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Just get the female connector that doesn't have the insulation around the connection part, don't make it harder than it is man.
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you can get the connector at a hardware store, stereo shop, auto parts store, disney land, flea market, hell you might actually have one laying around somewhere.
I think you'll find someone in in San Fran to take pity on your stupidity and sue the razor company for not putting a warning on the blade that the razor is sharp and can cut you if not handled properly........how where you suppse to know it was sharp enough to cut your skin.................. ![]() ![]() |
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there isnt any insulation on that one....am i stupid or what? i just dont understand how the post can get into that tiny little crack between the bent over pieces.....if im an idiot im sorry.
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here I scrounged this pic off the board for ya, don't have any of my own.
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thanks guys....i think i should get at least 50 thou for cutting myself.....like you said how should i know? i thought it was only for cutting plastic :/
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67 c-10, 400 SB, TH350, 4.10 gears, Blazer tank,camaro tach, sidemarker fuel fill (soon) WTB: stepside parts, 67 front end parts, 67 small window cab. posi for 3.73 or 4.10 for 12 bolt and 10 bolt. |
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on another note......at least the scar will be perfectly defined and perfectly straight....brand new razor blade pushing into plastic then slipping doesnt like hands very much.
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I cut off the very top of my finger when I was ten with a Swiss Army knife.
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ouch.....i've never cut anything off.....im a bag of scars though.
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67 c-10, 400 SB, TH350, 4.10 gears, Blazer tank,camaro tach, sidemarker fuel fill (soon) WTB: stepside parts, 67 front end parts, 67 small window cab. posi for 3.73 or 4.10 for 12 bolt and 10 bolt. |
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NAPA has the connector you are looking for, but probably not the connector body. It is a GM 56 series (Packard 56 series) female. Mad electric also sells them, and sometime even the local parts stores might have them. The connector body is another story. You need the one with the slot in it so it slides down over the button.
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1970 CST/10 402,700R4,3:73 posi,AC,PS,PB,TLT,PW,Buckets with heaters Last edited by 1-PU70; 02-24-2005 at 01:50 PM. |
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I keep a bunch of these type 56 connectors on hand all the time. When doing my install I discovered the female type 56 connector fits in the stock plastic holder on the end of the wire and fits over the temperature sender just like from the factory. The NAPA part numbers are 725145 and 725147. One of those part numbers is the male end the other is the female. I use WAY more of the female ends than the male ends. Because of those two part numbers I just make new wires for everything. Find each end of the wire, take it out, get a piece of the same color and gauge wire, and make a new one.
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Well if worse comes to worse you can go to the salvage yard,and cut one off a donor and then use a butt connector and splice it onto your wire,and plug it in.
Or wrap the wire around the sender,and duct tape it :P
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I forgot about that setup 1-PU70 is referring to. That is a sweet setup. You get the correct color wire, connector and housing, and the original style heat sleeve. It was in a post a few days ago also, may have been 1-PU70 then also.
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#21 |
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i used a regulat spade connector .. had to widen the gap alittle .. but it works just fine
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think i got the name wrong
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71 C10 LWB 350sbc -TH350 12 bolt 3.42 Posi Of all my favorite things to do, The utmost is to have a brew. My love grows for my foamy friend, with each thirst-quenching elbow bend. Beer so frosty, smooth, and cold it's paradise pure liquid gold. Yes beer means many things to me that's all for now cus I gotta pee. |
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here's a novel idea. Go to the junkyard and find one on an older car or truck and cut about six inches of wire off with it and then splice it into the wire on your vehicle. Then drink three beers and the fingers won't hurt so bad.
Remember, it goes on the end of the sender at a 90 degree angle not straight on. Most horns have a spade connector on the wire with the plastic cover. Not the same but it should work, Vettevet--old and scarred
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#24 |
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Join Date: Oct 2004
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When mine broke, I could not find one at the parts store so I put a small alligator clip on it. Works great, looks bad.
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#25 |
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I like that aligator clip idea. I'm using a spade connector right now.
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