Hey there. Got my hands on a 67 cougar I've been slowly working on. It has an after market 'souped up' 302. I have a question regarding sending units.
The car has an unknown Weiand intake manifold with two sending units on the back of the manifold near the firewall; one on the driver's side and one on the passenger side. The driver's side one works ok when grounded out (oil light comes on, so I know that's the oil pressure light sending unit).
The passenger side one doesn't light up either a light, nor does it move the dial on the factory temp gauge, nor move the dial on an after market gauge on the car. I've installed a new sending unit, still no luck; I guess I'll trace the wire back to one of the gauges and check for continuity.
One question I have is the old sending unit I removed was a little different than the new one the parts store sold me for that engine. In fact, the new temp sending unit I have looks identical to the oil pressure sending unit. Does this mean it won't give me the temperature level on a dial, but more of a light reading? Is there a difference between the dial style and light style sending units when it comes to appearance?
Any other tips on this would be helpful and appreciated.
The car has an unknown Weiand intake manifold with two sending units on the back of the manifold near the firewall; one on the driver's side and one on the passenger side. The driver's side one works ok when grounded out (oil light comes on, so I know that's the oil pressure light sending unit).
The passenger side one doesn't light up either a light, nor does it move the dial on the factory temp gauge, nor move the dial on an after market gauge on the car. I've installed a new sending unit, still no luck; I guess I'll trace the wire back to one of the gauges and check for continuity.
One question I have is the old sending unit I removed was a little different than the new one the parts store sold me for that engine. In fact, the new temp sending unit I have looks identical to the oil pressure sending unit. Does this mean it won't give me the temperature level on a dial, but more of a light reading? Is there a difference between the dial style and light style sending units when it comes to appearance?
Any other tips on this would be helpful and appreciated.