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Re: [oletrucks] Temp Gauge - Sending Unit Question

To: Mikerross@aol.com
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Temp Gauge - Sending Unit Question
From: "A.B." <bigfred@unm.edu>
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 15:28:52 -0600 (MDT)
I'll give it another shot.
Is there anyway you can fit the original 6 cyl temp sender to the sb using
brass fittings?  If it still reads hot, I would wonder if maybe the sb
runs hotter then teh 6 cyl?
-alfie


On Thu, 10 Aug 2000 Mikerross@aol.com wrote:

> I installed a 305 in  my '56 Chevy truck.  I plugged the temperature sending 
> unit into the original temperature gauge in the dash of the truck.  The 
> temperature gauge shows the engine is running "hot".  I've had the 
> engine/coolant temperature checked and it is right where it should be. It 
> appears I have a sending unit/temp gauge mis-match.
> 
> My sending unit is sending too much voltage/current to the temp gauge.  Has 
> anyone experienced this?  How do I fix it?
> 
> Thanks a lot.
> 
> Mike
> '56 Chevy Truck
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
> 

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