Re: A few lt1 ?'s

["nacelp" <nacelp@bright.net>]

That dual sender is just too kewl, not to have one of.
Grumpy


> >Ok heres another one. The plug i have pluged into the temp sender on
> >my lt1, out of a 96 9C1 Caprice, has 2 wires a yellow and purple. the
> >book says it should only have a green one, like every other chevy ive
> >worked on. I cant find a connector anywhere with only a green wire .
> >Does anyone know what this connector is? It comes out of the loom with
> >the coil plugs, so it seem to be in the right place. Also does the temp
> >sender have any effect on engine controls? if not i want to change it
> >for my gage. If it does i guess ill have to find a different place for
> >my sender. TIA
> On the LT1, there are two coolant temp sending units.  The first is the
> two wire unit that you've found above.  It is plumbed directly into the
> waterpump and is used to feed the coolant temp signal to the PCM.  The
> second sender (the green wire you're looking for) is plumbed into the
> cylinder head and is only used for the coolant temp gauge in the
> instrument cluster.  On a B-car and Y-car it is located between
> cylinders 6 and 8, and on an F-car it is located between cylinders
> 1 and 3.
> For more info on the subject, and a nice alternative for plumbing the
> gauge sending unit, check out:
> http://www.b-body.net/Technical/Interior/LT1-4TemperatureGauge.html
> -Scott


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