Jason, the temperature gauge on the dash is not connected to the Temp II sender.
It has its own single post temp sender located just around the corner from the
Temp II sender. It is hard to see from the engine compartment.
-Larry

Jason Willenbrock wrote:

> hey all,
> my temp gauge on dash stopped working, although blinking red light works at
> test.  so i went and pulled off my temp II sender on thermo housing to
> inspect.  maybe i should not have, but i then proceeded to start the van
> without sender connected.  it started up but idle rpm shot up to 3000 rpm.
> i shut her down and went back to reconnect the sender.  now the van will not
> start at all.  i disconnected the tII sendor again and still no start.  what
> did i do?  is there a fuse that could have blown?  is the sensor shot?  why
> does my gauge no longer work when the van is warming up?  also before all
> this happened, with the van idling i pulled around on the temp II sensor and
> it made the idle kind of increase.  what's going on here?
> thanks
> jason
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