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Old 12-25-2008, 05:54 PM
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Question Water temp sender location...

I hooked up the heater core in my car b/c its been getting too freaking cold to drive around with no heat. So I had to remove the sender from the front left of the intake to the top left on the radiator. I couldnt put it by the water neck b/c its too tall and it gets in the way of the hose. Should I leave it on the radiator or should I try to put it on the intake using a 90* adaptor. I think its too high up on the radiator and also not as accurate. Any ideas???
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I'd put it in the cylinder head.
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I didnt know I could do that. Where would it go? I saw a plugged hole on the pass head but was unsure if it would be the right one.
And now that I think about it I think theres one on the block also, that I forgot to plug when I first istalles the engine and all the water was coming out through it. Ill have to check it ut in the daytime tomorrow or sat.
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Yes, drivers side front was the factory location on a lot of gen 1 small blocks. And obviously the pass side head has the same hole toward the back.

If you had the sender in a heater hose hole on the intake you may need a different adapter for it if you have heads with center bolt valve covers. The later heads use a smaller hole.
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Thans for the advice^^^^ I hooked it up today to the pass side head and it works great.



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