Dan,
>From what I know the screw connector is the old type and was superseded by
the bullet connector.
'66 Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: Daniel Neuman <dneuman@stars.sfsu.edu>
To: <Fred_Katz@ci.sf.ca.us>
Cc: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2000 1:08 PM
Subject: Re: New Temp sender is in!!
> Fred, Dana Robb, all,
> This is the stange thing. I do have the sender housing grounded.
> Since the cooling system won't hold water I can't test the resistance
> with temp jsut yet.
> Why I am saying that the sender is not working is I thought that
> when you turn the car to on and the fule gauge starts working I thought
> I remembered the temp sender moving up off of dead bottom. It is not
> doing that...
> One other thing.. the new sender has a slightly different wire
> connection. The old one was a push on bullet type connector and the new
> one has a screw for a ring type connector.. could I of gotten a 1600
> sender?? Are they different??
> Daniel 69 2000
> SF CA
>
> > Hi Daniel,
> >
> > The sender needs a ground. When you ground it, it works fine. I'm told
that
> > the gasket has a staple in it that allows the sender to get good ground.
> > Well, I made my own gasket and my temp gauge didn't work. I was too lazy
to
> > remove the thermostat housing to redo it. So I wrapped some steel wire
> > around the threaded nut on the sender, and tied it to a nearby bolt on
the
> > engine. Voila, the gauge works. Next time the housing is off I'll make
sure
> > it gets grounded.
> >
> > Fred - SSF, CA
> > '66 2L
> >
> > _______________________ Reply Separator ______________________
> > > Subject: New Temp sender is in!!
> > > Author: Dan Neuman <dneuman@stars.sfsu.edu>
> > > Date: 6/29/2000 12:05 AM
> > >
> > > Hello All,
> > > Got the old frozen in temp sender out by slowly drilling it out with
> > > succesively bigger drill bits. I had to pry out some of the old
> > > threaded material but I cleaned up the threads and was able to install
> > > the new sender... QUESTION> My @#^%$#%$!! temp gauge does not
> > > work!?!?! Its a new sender its grounded and when I ground the sender
> > > wire the gauge reads full hot. The fuel gauge works great.. What the
> > > heck could still be wrong????
> > > Daniel 69 2000
> > > SF CA
> > >
> > > p.s. if you think I swore a lot on this post just wait till the next
> > > one....
> > >
> >
> >
>
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