NAPA sender

[john massey]

>Subject: Re: GMC: Digi-panel and other/NAPA sender
>

> >BTW the NAPA sender - since it's recommended so much as a replacement, why
> >didn't someone mention that it doesn't have the same spade lug
>connection as
> >the original. The one I got has a large solder post (at least that's
>what it
> >looks like to me) on top. Is there a mechanical snap-on connector for this?
>
>The sender I got came with a new plastic housing. Use a pin or small
>screwdriver to release the metal tab (at the end of the wire) from the old
>plastic housing. Then snap the metal tab into the new plastic housing that
>comes with the sender. The new housing will snap onto the new sender at a
>right angle to the center line of the sender.
>
>Before installing mine I tested it by placing it in boiling distilled water
>(212 degrees) and got slightly more than 1/2 scale reading on the gauge.
>
>Dave
>73 Sequoia

sigh...... This is going to require a return trip to the NAPA dealer. What I
got was 'just' the sender - no plastic housing, no wire, no box - just a
sender with a wired on tag identifying it.
now I've got to go locate the receipt to wave at the dealer. and I had to
order the part too!

John Massey
1977 Royale
Tidewater Crabs

 

[john wright]

Should have come in a box with the plastic end cover piece. You reuse
the original wiring and metal end connector, you shouldn't cut it off.
If I had a digital camera I would take a picture and post it

J.R. Wright

>
> >Subject: Re: GMC: Digi-panel and other/NAPA sender
> >

> > >BTW the NAPA sender - since it's recommended so much as a replacement, why
> > >didn't someone mention that it doesn't have the same spade lug
> >connection as
> > >the original. The one I got has a large solder post (at least that's
> >what it
> > >looks like to me) on top. Is there a mechanical snap-on connector for this?
> >
> >The sender I got came with a new plastic housing. Use a pin or small
> >screwdriver to release the metal tab (at the end of the wire) from the old
> >plastic housing. Then snap the metal tab into the new plastic housing that
> >comes with the sender. The new housing will snap onto the new sender at a
> >right angle to the center line of the sender.
> >
> >Before installing mine I tested it by placing it in boiling distilled water
> >(212 degrees) and got slightly more than 1/2 scale reading on the gauge.
> >
> >Dave
> >73 Sequoia
>
> sigh...... This is going to require a return trip to the NAPA dealer. What I
> got was 'just' the sender - no plastic housing, no wire, no box - just a
> sender with a wired on tag identifying it.
> now I've got to go locate the receipt to wave at the dealer. and I had to
> order the part too!
>
> John Massey
> 1977 Royale
> Tidewater Crabs