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Expert: - 10/21/2010


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JUST GOT A 66 NOVA STRAIGHT LINE 6 W/230HP. FOR WHATEVER REASON THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE HAS BEEN REMOVED. COULD YOU TELL ME WHERE TO PUT THE SENDING UNIT IN THE BLOCK? CAN'T SEEM TO FIND WHERE IT WAS REMOVED FROM.

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The temp sending unit is usually mounted on the front or side of the cylinder head near the thermostat and upper radiator hose connection. On some of these models it is in the side of the 90 degree angled adaptor that bolts on the front of he cylinder head and then the upper radiator hose and thermostat adaptor bolts to it.

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Brad Sears

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All automotive including antique and collectible. However if the car has been modified I can only answer in general terms and maybe get you pointed in the right direction.

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Automotive tech instructor. Syndicated auto columnist 1970's though the early 1990's. Syndicated auto radio talk show, Ask Brad About cars, CBS Radio 70's through 90's TV Show "Last Chance Garage" 1980's PBS-TV syndicated. Auto instructor for the following companies: Fram Autolyte Holly Carter AMF Ford Motor University Of Conn Blue Hills Technical School Sugar River Technical Center Grew up in a family garage in Needham Mass and turned wrenches from the age of 14.

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Manchester Union Leader, Nashua Telegraph, Motor Service Magazine, Yankee Magazine, Popular Mechanics (Saturday Mechanic early 80's), Los Angeles Times, New York Times, and lots more.

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More than I care to remember. Basically Franklin Technical Institute in Boston, Northeastern University, Fitchburg State Teachers College, Tufts University, and a lot of factory schools along the way.

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Moto Award winner. And much more.

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