water temp sender

dave350v8 · Post by **dave350v8** » Sat Jan 26, 2008 2:32 pm

Hi,I need to connect my ford capri water temperature gauge to a chevy v8 sender unit,will this give accurate readings or do I need to buy an aftermarket temp gauge,cheers Dave

ian.stewart · Post by **ian.stewart** » Sat Jan 26, 2008 2:40 pm

the easy way to do this would be fit the Capri sender into the Chevy, Then you will know the sender is working correctly rather than hoping it is!!

dave350v8 · Post by **dave350v8** » Sat Jan 26, 2008 2:44 pm

Good Idea! Thanks for quick reply,may need an adapter though.

Post by **Coops** » Sat Jan 26, 2008 5:26 pm

why not do what we do with the RV8,
drill out the Chevy center and tap it out to fit the ford sender, chevy to ford conversion then sorted

dave350v8 · Post by **dave350v8** » Sat Jan 26, 2008 5:37 pm

Do you mean drill out the centre of the sender unit,or drill out a suitable blanking plug then tap that out?

Post by **Coops** » Sat Jan 26, 2008 5:44 pm

dave350v8 wrote:Do you mean drill out the centre of the sender unit,or drill out a suitable blanking plug then tap that out?

yup drill out the sender center, if its big enought to take the ford sender,