Recent content by 68_Valiant_Wilson

So I have managed to strip out my oil pan and have been looking for alternatives to cutting new threads. Eco-plug looks like a really cool alternative. I was wondering if anyone on here had ever tried one on their old car and what their experience with them was. Any input is appreciated.

Ok! Thanks. I’ve been looking at the wiring running to the temperature sending unit and noticed that some of the insulation is burned off. I think the wire is being grounded somewhere it isn’t supposed to be so I’m replacing the wire and seeing if the fixes anything.

Could it be that I just got the wrong sender? Slantsixdan suggest this https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000C81UZY/?tag=2402507-20. The new one I put in was a duralast TU22. It came with no red tape on it. The picture is exactly the way it looks. The one slantsixdan suggested has no tape covering on it...

Here is the old and new units together. The old unit is the only one that has any sealant on it I can tell. The arrows point to where it looks like there is sealant on it. Some of you are saying it’s my gauges. Like I said the gauge just sits at C with the new unit.

The original unit that was in it when it worked does look like it had some kind of sealant but there isn’t anything like that on the new units I got. This is what to original unit looks like The new units are just bare metal contact. I actually see two points where it looks like sealant was...

I meant to also say I’m going to call autozone tomorrow and try to get all the information I can about the unit I have

1)The gas gauge works fine. I’ve never had any problems with it. I’ve never run out of gas at least haha. 2) When I say I bought two, I meant that I went to autozone and just got what they said would fit and hoped for the best. When it didn’t work I figured maybe the sending unit was a dud so I...

That was probably not the best description on my part. The only time the gauge sits below C is after I’ve taken the sending wire off of ground. It always sits at C and then I’ll connect it to ground and it will move to H but once I take it off of ground it usually reads well below C. Eventually...

I haven’t noticed the fuel gauge being slower than usual. I’ve already bought two senders I couldn’t tell either one worked but would the kind of resistance curve be in the manual? I’m kind of sick of buying them and i certainly don’t want to buy anymore if they won’t work.

Thanks! Really appreciate that!

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The temperature sending unit on my Valiant does not seem to be working. I have replaced it twice and it hasn’t worked either time. I have tested the temperature sending wire and the gauge and both appear to work fine. I ground the temperature sending wire on the alternator and the gauge will...

I think the problem was probably just the fact that the engine wasn’t retaining enough heat with the headers and it just hadn’t warmed up enough and was dying because it was too cold. I drove it again with my dad a few days later and it did fine. We also cleaned the carb and I think that...

So I was out a few nights ago and I was about to head home and got in the car and it started up fine. Turned on my lights since it was night. The lights were very dim but I didn’t worry to much. I was fixing to pull out of the parking lot and I pulled up to the stop sign and then it just...