where to get temp wire end?

[teamharvey]

Originally Posted by 1-PU70

Look here
http://www.ecklers.com/product.asp?d...D42RWQ7BW2BPB8

Will this plug into the existing wire out of the fire wall ? If so, then all that is needed is to attach a spade connector to the loose end ?

Thanks,
Bret

[cantontruck]

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]

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

[67ChevyC10Stepside]

ok...my vo tech teacher took pitty on me and gave me the connector like shown there....it went on....the connecter i had the jaws came too far in and that's why it wouldn't work. now.......how does the cab ground to the frame? my guage lights dont really work....and i have some weird activity in lights and such that says ground to me...i got the temp wire hooked up and the guage works....but it sits at one place and when you hit the high beams it moves...lol

[Tx Firefighter]

You need at least one good ground strap between the cab and frame.

Some trucks used one between the cab and frame at the right front cab mount bracket underneath the truck.

I always run a full size 1 guage ground strap from the engine block to the frame rail myself. Then another smaller strap from the frame to the cab. That stops any ground problem foolishness right there.

[mrein3]

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]

Originally Posted by avejoe

Is the "tie a wire around it and use duct tape" for his finger or the temp sender?

Whichever makes it work