On my CJs, 258 the temp sender can either be at driver's side on the rear of the block, or another head it may be on the front of the head near the thermostat housing.....I have noticed the rear one seems to give more accurate readings
If you Over-tighten the teeny-weeny sender, it will not work correctly
Anymore, I tighten them snug, then drive, if it leaks, I tweak it a little more, etc etc.....till the seepage stops
I also have a 2nd Analog Temp Gauge, Sender is installed Mid Block in a Abandoned CTO switch hole......My Jeeps are now, primitive combustion engines, that strictly run like engines with NO EXTRA STUFF!!!
That Gauge Stays at 9 O'clock (about 160 degrees)Constantly with a 195 degree thermostat installed---I attribute this to incoming water to the block, is not to temp yet, after coming out of the Cooled Radiator, and the hottest part of the engine would be in the highest location (the Head)....in the winter it drops slightly
I have attempted to make my Stock gauge read higher, trying different brands of senders... and 2 other H/C gauges......it climbs about 10% of the travel, indicating mostly cool.....the HVAC guys at work "shot" the heater hoses and head, near the sender....its about 190-195 with their "high speed" thermal gun
The gauge does do full travel, when you ground the sender wire, to the block near the sender
I searched, maybe not hard enough!, for a sender and "REAL GAUGE" (with the same swing and orientation of the original, with "REAL NUMBERS" that I might modify and install into my round CJ cluster
The sender would have to fit into the pipe threaded original hole, I see no other hole bigger, to install it in on the 258 head, without drilling and tapping in a new larger pipe threaded hole.
I have sorta learned that if my "Mid Block Gauge" rises more than the normal "9" position (over 160) I may be having issues....I constantly stay on top of mine, with excellent self maintenance....I really do not let the Jeep progress much over normal without freaking out.......IT HAS NEVER BEEN GIVEN A CHANCE TO "SHOW OUT" BY REALLY OVERHEATING!!!
I can send some pics of my set up, if you desire, I will start with the TEMP GAUGES and send more, as you "CRAVE" to see more of the "HEART" of simplified "Mr. JEEP"
Let's see some positive feed back about that awesome 258
See if this gets you interested!
https://www.2carpros.com/questions/jeep-cj7-1985-jeep-cj7-stalls-when-hot
Here as long as you want me here.
The Medic
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Friday, December 10th, 2010 AT 3:24 AM
