Water Temp Sender and Gauge Conversion
Hello All!! new to the forum
Recently purchased a '79 CJ5 with an '82 Chevy C10 350 block
I'm wanting to keep the original speedo cluster which contains the water temp gauge inside.
I've found that the water temp sensor for the 350 is quite a bit larger and the ohms are waaaaay off from the stock CJ gauge. So, I purchased the water temp sender that fits the original CJ 5.0 thinking I could add some adapter to fit the chevy manifold. (No luck here)
Question:
How can I best mod this to use the CJ manifold sensor with the chevy block?
It doesn't look like I'll be able to add some adapter to fit the chevy because the CJ sensor is not as long, thus not penetrating the water flow.
Would it be acceptable to somehow splice the CJ temp sensor through a radiator hose via some copper T fitting of some sort?
Thanks,
Recently purchased a '79 CJ5 with an '82 Chevy C10 350 block
I'm wanting to keep the original speedo cluster which contains the water temp gauge inside.
I've found that the water temp sensor for the 350 is quite a bit larger and the ohms are waaaaay off from the stock CJ gauge. So, I purchased the water temp sender that fits the original CJ 5.0 thinking I could add some adapter to fit the chevy manifold. (No luck here)
Question:
How can I best mod this to use the CJ manifold sensor with the chevy block?
It doesn't look like I'll be able to add some adapter to fit the chevy because the CJ sensor is not as long, thus not penetrating the water flow.
Would it be acceptable to somehow splice the CJ temp sensor through a radiator hose via some copper T fitting of some sort?
Thanks,