I just put in an EQUIS temp gauge, electric one.
When I put the wire onto the sender, the sender kind of " bent " a lil. The plastic piece also moved a lil bit. I didn't force it or over tighten it at all, it did this as I was threading a nut onto the sender, no pressure at all on it!!
Am I screwed as far as the sender is concerned?? This was the only one they have!!

My battery is dead, charging now so I have no idea if I messed it up!!!

Thanks for any words!!!

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I work at a parts store and I've sold a few of these. From what i can tell is that the sensor will still work even if its a bit bent, its the mechanical gauges that are more likely to suffer from that issue. Those do come with a warranty, so if you have any doubt take it back to the store and have them warranty it for you.

Hope this helps,

Derock

 

Thanks for the reply derockz28!!

The brass adapter went into the block fine. When I put the sender stud thing in, I tightened it hand tight, then started to thread the first nut on- then it moved like it was on an axis or something like that. I was using only my fingers to put the nut on!! I went ahead & finished the assembly.
I can move the " stud " sender thing with *very* light pressure. I'm not going to mess with that thing any more!!
Battery still charging!!..

I have the receipt but not the packaging. If this doesn't work, I'll see if I can exchange it for a manual unit. Can't get to it til Wednesday afternoon!!..

 

I believe you have to thread one nut on to the sensor, then the wire with a ring terminal, then another nut. If thats the case, put a wrench on the nut closest to the sensor, then tighten the other nut. If you just tighten the nut to the sensor I think you will rip the terminal out of the sensor, but its been a minute since I've seen one out of the package.

Worse comes to worse warranty it out and get the mechanical version, I assume you have the 7000 series, the ones with the white face? The mechanical one is more straight forward; thread it in, install the gauge, find a ground and positive for the light, then hit the pavement. Might I ask where you got this gauge?

 

Black face, short sweep.
The threaded part of the sender ( stud thing ) is like you described--
Nut, ring with wire, star washer, nut.

My thoughts exactly-- if it's not going to work, exchange it for mechanical.
I got it at O'Reilys.

 

They warrented the gauge, gave me another 1 & checked the sender b4 I left the store. That was loose, but not as bad as the 1st. I wasn't real comfortable with that, but.... Put it in, filled the rad, &...drip drip drip...etc so I tried to tighten the fittings a lil more...
drip...drip...etc... any tighter it would strip, so --
I went back with everything except the sender, which was keeping the coolant from pouring out.I told them what was going on, & I bought a mechanical gauge. They told me to go ahead & swap the other sender & bring it back for refund!!

Mechanical went in fine, no leaks. Went for a short drive & watched as the temp went to 190-195 & stayed there. I checked the fan & it was working fine too.

All in all, I should save up & find out what's up with the gauges in the dash, which is exactly what I will be doing, but at least for now I can see if she starts get too hot as compared to not knowing til it's too late!!