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67ChevyC10Stepside · 02-24-2005, 04:28 AM

where can i get the fitting that hooks to the thing in the block for temp?

cableguy0 · 02-24-2005, 04:29 AM

just use a regular female spade connector

incoma · 02-24-2005, 05:00 AM

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.

67ChevyC10Stepside · 02-24-2005, 05:12 AM

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?

cableguy0 · 02-24-2005, 05:14 AM

because its thin and wide enough for the connector to hold all the stock connector is is a spade connector surrounded in plastic

67ChevyC10Stepside · 02-24-2005, 01:27 AM

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......

67ChevyC10Stepside · 02-24-2005, 11:11 AM

ttt

greasemonkey · 02-24-2005, 11:19 AM

Just get the female connector that doesn't have the insulation around the connection part, don't make it harder than it is man.

Alexis · 02-24-2005, 11:27 AM

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..................

67ChevyC10Stepside · 02-24-2005, 11:25 AM

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.

greasemonkey · 02-24-2005, 11:31 AM

here I scrounged this pic off the board for ya, don't have any of my own.

67ChevyC10Stepside · 02-24-2005, 11:38 AM

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 :/

67ChevyC10Stepside · 02-24-2005, 11:38 AM

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.

greasemonkey · 02-24-2005, 11:42 AM

I cut off the very top of my finger when I was ten with a Swiss Army knife.

67ChevyC10Stepside · 02-24-2005, 12:02 PM

ouch.....i've never cut anything off.....im a bag of scars though.

70 longbed · 02-24-2005, 01:33 PM

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.

1-PU70 · 02-24-2005, 01:42 PM

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mrein3 · 02-25-2005, 09:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 70 longbed

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.

When installing my 383 last fall I discovered this too.
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.

Brainchild · 02-24-2005, 03:41 PM

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

70 longbed · 02-24-2005, 04:25 PM

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.

71-longbed · 02-24-2005, 05:26 PM

i used a regulat spade connector .. had to widen the gap alittle .. but it works just fine

71-longbed · 02-24-2005, 05:30 PM

think i got the name wrong

**VetteVet** · 02-24-2005, 08:54 PM

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

cantontruck · 02-24-2005, 09:44 PM

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.

incoma · 02-24-2005, 09:45 PM

I like that aligator clip idea. I'm using a spade connector right now.

02-24-2005, 04:28 AM	#1
67ChevyC10Stepside Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Butler PA Posts: 3,032	where to get temp wire end? where can i get the fitting that hooks to the thing in the block for temp? __________________ 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.

02-24-2005, 04:29 AM	#2
cableguy0 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Delta,Pa Posts: 14,948	just use a regular female spade connector __________________ Owner of North Point Car Care in Dundalk Md. We specialize in custom exhaust on both modern and classic vehicles. We are a full service auto shop from classics to modern vehicles. Feel free to contact me with questions. I will give a 10% discount to any board member.

02-24-2005, 05:12 AM	#4
67ChevyC10Stepside Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Butler PA Posts: 3,032	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? __________________ 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.

02-24-2005, 05:14 AM	#5
cableguy0 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Delta,Pa Posts: 14,948	because its thin and wide enough for the connector to hold all the stock connector is is a spade connector surrounded in plastic __________________ Owner of North Point Car Care in Dundalk Md. We specialize in custom exhaust on both modern and classic vehicles. We are a full service auto shop from classics to modern vehicles. Feel free to contact me with questions. I will give a 10% discount to any board member.

02-24-2005, 01:27 AM	#6
67ChevyC10Stepside Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Butler PA Posts: 3,032	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...... Attached Images __________________ 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.

02-24-2005, 05:00 AM	#3
incoma Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Lexington, KY Posts: 865	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.

02-24-2005, 11:11 AM	#7
67ChevyC10Stepside Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Butler PA Posts: 3,032	ttt __________________ 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.

02-24-2005, 11:19 AM	#8
greasemonkey Registered User Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Pace, FL Posts: 2,155	Just get the female connector that doesn't have the insulation around the connection part, don't make it harder than it is man. __________________ 1942 Master Deluxe 1969 C/10 1985 Blazer CUCV 1987 Jimmy 2004 Tahoe 2005 Silverado 1500 2005 Silverado 3500

02-24-2005, 11:27 AM	#9
Alexis Member since 2000 Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Mountain View Ca / Mexico Posts: 7,874	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..................

02-24-2005, 11:25 AM	#10
67ChevyC10Stepside Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Butler PA Posts: 3,032	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. __________________ 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.

02-24-2005, 11:31 AM	#11
greasemonkey Registered User Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Pace, FL Posts: 2,155	here I scrounged this pic off the board for ya, don't have any of my own. __________________ 1942 Master Deluxe 1969 C/10 1985 Blazer CUCV 1987 Jimmy 2004 Tahoe 2005 Silverado 1500 2005 Silverado 3500

02-24-2005, 11:38 AM	#12
67ChevyC10Stepside Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Butler PA Posts: 3,032	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 :/ __________________ 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.

02-24-2005, 11:42 AM	#14
greasemonkey Registered User Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Pace, FL Posts: 2,155	I cut off the very top of my finger when I was ten with a Swiss Army knife. __________________ 1942 Master Deluxe 1969 C/10 1985 Blazer CUCV 1987 Jimmy 2004 Tahoe 2005 Silverado 1500 2005 Silverado 3500

02-24-2005, 12:02 PM	#15
67ChevyC10Stepside Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Butler PA Posts: 3,032	ouch.....i've never cut anything off.....im a bag of scars though. __________________ 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.

02-24-2005, 01:33 PM	#16
70 longbed Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Sierra Vista, AZ Posts: 489	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. __________________ Keith 70 CST longbed in progress. Hoping to get it back on the road soon.



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02-24-2005, 01:42 PM	#17
1-PU70 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Bradenton, FL Posts: 1,036	Look here http://www.ecklers.com/product.asp?d...D42RWQ7BW2BPB8 __________________ 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.

02-24-2005, 03:41 PM	#19
Brainchild Still drivin' a Rat Rod Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Monett Missouri Posts: 4,925	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 __________________ Rusty Member #13872 Instead of saying.....you are a discomfort in the back of my front.....one should be able to say...... you are a pain in the a$# 71 GMC LWB 49 Chevy 85 Chevy G20 Check out my website

02-24-2005, 04:25 PM	#20
70 longbed Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Sierra Vista, AZ Posts: 489	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. __________________ Keith 70 CST longbed in progress. Hoping to get it back on the road soon.

02-24-2005, 05:26 PM	#21
71-longbed Its Magically Delicious Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: oregon Posts: 2,398	i used a regulat spade connector .. had to widen the gap alittle .. but it works just fine __________________ 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.

02-24-2005, 05:30 PM	#22
71-longbed Its Magically Delicious Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: oregon Posts: 2,398	think i got the name wrong Attached Images __________________ 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.

02-24-2005, 08:54 PM	#23
VetteVet Msgt USAF Ret Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Kalamazoo, Michigan Posts: 8,718	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 __________________ VetteVet metallic green 67 stepside 74 corvette convertible 1965 Harley sportster 1995 Harley wide glide Growing old is hell, but it beats the alternative.

02-24-2005, 09:44 PM	#24
cantontruck cantontruck Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Canton,Texas Posts: 27	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.

02-24-2005, 09:45 PM	#25
incoma Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Lexington, KY Posts: 865	I like that aligator clip idea. I'm using a spade connector right now.

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