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Bonniewwyn · 11-26-2019, 02:04 PM

Car is a T Bird. When we bought this car temp gauge read hot after only driving a few miles, Stopped at a friends shop and they have a heat gun...motor was reading 180 but gauge was pegged. Headed home and temp dropped to normal for a while but would go to HOT at every traffic light. I figured it must be sender. Let car sit all night and started out at cold but soon went to hot again. Bought a new sender from NPD and installed today. Now it reads HOT and gauge doesn;t move at all. Original sender had 2 ears on top that took push on wire connectors. New sender has 2 ears with screw holes. There was only one wire on the sender when I pulled it and I don't see any loose wires around that part of the motor. What am I doing wrong ??

11-26-2019, 02:04 PM	#1
Bonniewwyn Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Hudson Fla Posts: 117	Erratic Water Temps in '56 Y block Car is a T Bird. When we bought this car temp gauge read hot after only driving a few miles, Stopped at a friends shop and they have a heat gun...motor was reading 180 but gauge was pegged. Headed home and temp dropped to normal for a while but would go to HOT at every traffic light. I figured it must be sender. Let car sit all night and started out at cold but soon went to hot again. Bought a new sender from NPD and installed today. Now it reads HOT and gauge doesn;t move at all. Original sender had 2 ears on top that took push on wire connectors. New sender has 2 ears with screw holes. There was only one wire on the sender when I pulled it and I don't see any loose wires around that part of the motor. What am I doing wrong ??