What coolant temp sending unit do I buy?
02-29-2012, 06:02 PM
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What coolant temp sending unit do I buy?
It's an 88 base camaro. Was a 305 tbi but it's a different and carbbed engine now.
I need a coolant temp sending unit to plug into the 1\4 inch (back) hole on my manifold, but when I went to go buy one, the Autozone guy swore up and down that the sending unit that sends to the gauge is the single-wire one, which happens to only come in the 1\2 inch. I thought for sure that the single-wire sending unit went to the fan and the two-wire sending unit went to the gauge.
I can't just check because I redid 100% of the wiring in the car. So, which sender will send to my stock gauge cluster? (I'm gonna wire the gauge cluster in manually as I have no computer anymore.)
I need a coolant temp sending unit to plug into the 1\4 inch (back) hole on my manifold, but when I went to go buy one, the Autozone guy swore up and down that the sending unit that sends to the gauge is the single-wire one, which happens to only come in the 1\2 inch. I thought for sure that the single-wire sending unit went to the fan and the two-wire sending unit went to the gauge.
I can't just check because I redid 100% of the wiring in the car. So, which sender will send to my stock gauge cluster? (I'm gonna wire the gauge cluster in manually as I have no computer anymore.)
02-29-2012, 06:29 PM
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Re: What coolant temp sending unit do I buy?
Gauge sending units are available in 3/8" (newer heads) and ½" (older).
That SU doesn't go in the manifold; it goes in the driver's side head between the #1 & #3 plugs.
The fan switch goes in the same hole in the pass side head; between the #6 # #8 plugs.
If you're not using an ECM, you just need a pipe plug, or a heater hose fitting, in the various intake manifold water holes.
That SU doesn't go in the manifold; it goes in the driver's side head between the #1 & #3 plugs.
The fan switch goes in the same hole in the pass side head; between the #6 # #8 plugs.
If you're not using an ECM, you just need a pipe plug, or a heater hose fitting, in the various intake manifold water holes.
02-29-2012, 10:26 PM
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Re: What coolant temp sending unit do I buy?
Gauge sending units are available in 3/8" (newer heads) and ½" (older).
That SU doesn't go in the manifold; it goes in the driver's side head between the #1 & #3 plugs.
The fan switch goes in the same hole in the pass side head; between the #6 # #8 plugs.
If you're not using an ECM, you just need a pipe plug, or a heater hose fitting, in the various intake manifold water holes.
That SU doesn't go in the manifold; it goes in the driver's side head between the #1 & #3 plugs.
The fan switch goes in the same hole in the pass side head; between the #6 # #8 plugs.
If you're not using an ECM, you just need a pipe plug, or a heater hose fitting, in the various intake manifold water holes.
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