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05-31-2003, 10:38 PM
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temp problems
Hey ever one what is up? Any way I have a 68 chevy c 10. I have put a new temp gauge and sender in and still nothing. When I put the new one in and turned the key, the neddle peg hot and has not came back. I have been tolled the I have a bad ground behind the dash. I have no idea how to test for this. Any help woul be great. thanks
-wayne williams- P.S. I did a complet frame swape under my truck my self so I can do most any thing. CHEVYS ROCK!!!!!!!!! |
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05-31-2003, 10:45 PM
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Location: Killingworth, CT. USA
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It's possible they sold you a sending unit for a light type and not for the gauge type.
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06-01-2003, 12:45 AM
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its all about the +6 inches
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Location: Hilliard Ohio
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Not likely...the light sending unit would be no ground untill the engine got to 220 or so then it would go to full ground and THEN peg out the guage.
look in the drivers side of your engine, there should be a green (I think its green) wire going to the side of the head between the #1 and #3 exhaust ports. Follow that wire untill you see it melted to something hot, or cut and grounded on some metal. If you get all the way to the fire wall and see no damaged portions, then you have a ground problem on that wire some place inside the cab. Chances are it is under the hood though. Welcome to the board. |
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06-01-2003, 01:11 AM
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Location: Independence MO.
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68longbed, where are you located?? Funny, I just had a guy buy a seat from me today that had a 68 longbed with the same problem. Check and make sure the green wire going to the sending unit is not grounding on the exhaust manifold. I have a 72 big block truck and it did the same thing, just wiggled the wire some and it quit.
Joe
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06-01-2003, 01:26 AM
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68longbed
If you don't connect the sending unit and turn the key, what happens on the temp guage? |
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