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Old Feb 18, 2004 | 06:21 PM
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Could it be as simple as swapping out the '99-'02 block sensor/sender to the '98 version?
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Old Feb 18, 2004 | 07:04 PM
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Nope. If it was a simple fix it would be well known.
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Old Feb 18, 2004 | 07:06 PM
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get a autometer is the only way i know to get a reading.
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Old Feb 18, 2004 | 07:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Rokko
Could it be as simple as swapping out the '99-'02 block sensor/sender to the '98 version?
no, the sensors are the same, it is the way they are ran, 98 ran to the gauge
straight from the sensor, and the 99 and up ran from sensor to pcm then to gauge
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Old Feb 18, 2004 | 07:18 PM
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Thanks for the reply's. Wishfull thinking on my part I guess. I was trying not to waste space in my pillar pod with a redundant guage. Brilliant GM, a guage that's basically an idiot light.

Can the logic be altered at all in the PCM to get a more accurate reading of the stock guage?
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Old Feb 18, 2004 | 08:07 PM
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Can the logic be altered at all in the PCM to get a more accurate reading of the stock guage?
It may be possible, but I have heard nothing about it. If it was possible I'm sure there would be more talk about it. Look in the PCM section, it may say. I put in an Autometer gauge.
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Old Feb 18, 2004 | 08:58 PM
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sensors are different.. 98 is 3 wire.. 1 wire goes to cluster and 1 to pcm.. 99+ is 2 wire.. wire goes to pcm and then to cluster..

you'd need 98 gauges/sensor wire with a custom routed wire.. but then your fuel level gauge wont work cause they are all different too between 98/99.
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