Temp Gauge Sender

Mine is located on the front of the engine near the water pump. I had to remove the pasenger bulkhead panel to get to it. If I remember correctly it has a red/black wire connected to it.

-Richard
1971 #1731

I CONCURE! I HAVE A 74L AND THE TEMP SENDER IS SCREWED INTO THE FACE (FRONT)OF THE BLOCK JUST BELOW AND TO THE RIGHT (PASSENGER SIDE) OF THE THERMASTAT HOUSING/WATER NECK. MARLIN P.S. MY SENDER WAS ALSO BAD, THE TEMP GAUGE WOULD JUST BEARLY MOVE OFF THE LEFT SIDE, EVEN THOUGH I KNEW THE ENGINE WAS HOT. I PURCHASED A NEW ONE AT THE LOCAL NAPA SUPPLY FOR $6.00. I INSTALLED IT AND BROTHER DID THE GAUGE COME ALIVE, NOW IT READS AT A NORMAL STRAIGHT UP AT HALF GAUGE! JUST ASK FOR THE COMMON, EVERYDAY 351C TEMP SENDER. MARLIN

Thanks,guys! I'll look for it this weekend. Everyone at work that I asked told me to look around the intake manifold - even the Pantera shop manual says around the manifold. I've already got the bulkhead panel off, so this will be a snap! Hopefully, it's just the sender. Plenty of NAPA stores here in Milwaukee, so getting the part should be easy. In another 2 months or so, the weather here will be decent and all the salt will be washed off the roads....then it will be time to rattle a few windows in the neighborhood!
Chuck

If its not in the surge tank, it must be in the front of the block, mounted horizontally just under the thermostat. Make sure someone didn't put it into an unused port in the waterpump- the pump cavitates at higher engine speeds and you don't get a true temp from a mixture of water & air. The '3-lead' thingy is a vacuum manifold that associated with the stock distributor with its push-pull vacuum advance and temperature retard. Ironically, retarding the timing usually creates even more heat but does slow the idle speed... The correct sender is p/n TS-58, sold by Kragens, Ford and about everyone else in the auto parts biz. It will work correctly on your '74 with the 0-260 degree gauge. It won't be as true-reading on earlier cars with a 0-230 gauge, I found.

Just FWIW, the stock location for the water temp sender is in the cooling system pressure tank, which is a dumb location. Most people will simply remove the wire from that sender, and re-route it and attach it to the sender on the front of the motor for a more accurate reading.