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August 28, 2008

Useful Gauges - Sender Mounting

Since I had already installed a B&M deep transmission oil pan, I had a place to mount the temperature sender as it has an extra port for that use.

The only problem was that its position would interfere with the shift linkage and rubber boot. So an L fitting had to be used along with a couple of other brass fittings to mount the sensor:

For the water temp sensor, there was no available port to use so I decided to use the Autometer hose adapter:
The coolant hose is cut and this fitting inserted. It then allows the sensor to be used. One item of note, if using electronic gauges the fitting itself has to be grounded.

I decided to use the part of the coolant hose that is just above the driver side frame rail. Its a nice straight section and not too difficult to access.

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