Working through another problem... this time the temperature sender

[bassackwards]

Now that I think about it, I'm positive back in the day I had to run a reducer to fit the smaller sender in the older heads that I was running. I'll have to look and see if it's still in my cabinet of parts.

However, I do recall running this style at one point: https://www.napaonline.com/en/p/MPE...rature+Sender+Switch&keywordInput=temperature

On my truck now I'm running one similar to this https://www.napaonline.com/en/p/DEMTS10032?partTypeName=Coolant+Temp+Sensor&keywordInput=temperature although I'm not sure that particular one is 3/8 thread. I do know that I should have the part number at home. It combines both the CTS and gauge temp sender.

I'm positive that neither one of those is correct.

 

[dyeager535]

I'm positive that neither one of those is correct.

No, they arent OEM for our trucks, but they work and can be easily found.

I was not a fan of the nail head design, and it was a pain to find one that fit the vortec heads anyway, so I just went with the later style sender and connector. Which last I checked, were pretty easy to find in the wrecking yard if you didnt want new.

FWIW all I could find about a 3/8 nail head sender was that even years back they were near impossible to find.

10096181 (delco 213-815) is the part number on the boxes of the three wire CTS/temp sender I'm using.

 

[bassackwards]

I reached out to the person that bought my engine to try to get a pic of the sender that is there.

He said it runs great but is now out of the country My luck