Temperature gauge does not work on my 1970 340 Duster ?

update on the temp gauge ghost. I pulled the sensor and dropped it in a can of 212º water. It registers about 120º on the gauge. Ohms at .105, so either the gauge is out of calibration (not too likely) or the voltage step down is not outputting 5 volts. (40 year old part) I'm going to get a solid state converter and fingers crossed. Stay tuned.
Back at it. I installed the solid state 5 volt limiter, running a dedicated ground to the 5v limiter, Still no temp. The RTE limiter is great and they sent along a resistor to verify the accuracy of the gauge. When I use the resistor inline on the temp sending unit lead, it reads full HOT, Not pegged max like when I do the direct ground method so gauge and wiring are working properly. I'm going to try sending unit #3 just in case Classic Industries sold me 2 bad units. Since I am not running the stock manifold, I'm going look for a longer length to see if perhaps the manifold design is not clearing air from the system. I'm out of ideas and ready to run it without the gauge reading until i can get this thing to an exorcist.