Re: [Chrysler300] 300D temperature sender
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Re: [Chrysler300] 300D temperature sender



Tom and all,

Original part number is 1770-732 which crosses to NAPA TS6460
and is the same for all 57-58

Number for 55-56 is 1507-050 which is NAPA TS6164

Dave Schwandt

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Chvapil" <tchvapil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2011 4:21 PM
Subject: [Chrysler300] 300D temperature sender


> Hello everyone and Happy New Year.
>
> Finally got the 392 fired up, and after 20 minutes at 2500RPM (Isky cam 
> break in, as per manufacturer and my machine shop), everything was still 
> in place and sounded great. What a relief.
>
> But, I realized that my temp. sender, which I just got from a local store, 
> doesn't seem to correlate with my gauge. It is OK when cold, but at 105 it 
> is half way up the scale, and at 115 degrees it is pegged at hot.....so, I 
> am assuming that the gauge is OK. (I measured the temp at various points 
> with an infrared thermometer, and after warming up, even after the 20 
> minute fast idle, it was still at 175.)
> I tried adding a resistor, in the form of a tail light bulb, and that 
> brought the reading down back onto the scale, about 3/4 way up on the 
> gauge.
>
> Does anybody have any suggestions as to this idea (adding some resistance 
> into the circuit), or would it make more sense to get a correct sender?
>
> I was assured by NAPA that the sender they sold me is the correct one, but 
> I am not so sure. Does anybody have one, or a part number for one.
> As always, any advice will be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Tom in sunny Tucson
> (Nice to be warm again, after our cold spell, which brought the temp at 
> our place, just outside of town, to mid teens over new Years day and 
> busted a 1 1/2" galvanized pipe from our pressure tank to the 
> house....lots of fun dealing with that....
>
>
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