76 dart temp gauge problems!


This is a joke, right?

Wander around in front of your car. The one you are working on. The one with the bad temp reading

Open the hood.

Rummage around in there until you find the temperature sender screwed into the engine.

Unhook that one and only single wire attached to the sender by pulling straight up. Confirm what color it is. The color of the wire that is.

Take an alligator clip lead, and run up inside the black rubber connector on the end of the wire, and clip that to ground.

Now shuffle back around and get in the car, and turn on the ignition to "run." Watch the gauge. The temperature gauge should IMMEDIATELY go up towards hot.

Do not leave the switch on any longer than needed to see if there is anything happening.