[Green Machine 79]

Thanks you guys for the all the ideas and info! I really appreciate it.

While waiting for my I.R. Thermometer to come in the mail, I dug down to inspect the back of the gauge cluster and found it to be a bit dirty and rusted but the connections looked solid and overall not worth my possibly damaging them to 'improve'.

So then i followed the wire from the sending unit back to the firewall. In doing so, I gingerly placed it away from the motor as it ran along.

After I got the I.R.T., I start up the engine and within 3 minutes the gauge is ticking up to H, but this time doing a little dance along the way. Up two steps down 1 step, Up... Until it finally broke for off the scale H.

The temp readings around the Sending unit was between 176 - 204 max. The upper radiator hose was only 66.

I think the wire is grounding out with the heat of the engine..

To save much trouble for today, Could I just cut the original wire back by the fire wall and connect a new wire to the old? Im not sure if there would be too great a loss of current. But It sure seems like the easiest approach.

Thanks again!