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Old Oct 28, 2023 | 07:13 AM
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Hi everyone,
this winter I’ll be doing a carbed LS swap into my 67 Chevy biscayne. I would like to get the factory idiot light in the dash to work, but the factory sender won’t fit. Besides drilling and taping the water pump for the factory sender, has anyone found a good solution here?

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To clarify, I’ll also be using an aftermarket temp gauge. But I would just like to get the idiot light working too
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Old Oct 28, 2023 | 10:44 AM
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ICT Billet makes a sensor adapter kit I used on my last build. Figure out the thread size of your sender & check their website.
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Or if you know someone handy with a lathe they can rethread your factory sender for the LS1 threads
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There's material to drill/tap the original head location. But my 68 vette had a huge temp sender. I drilled/tapped the brass screw in drivers side block plug.
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