On Thu, 2 Mar 2000, mike d. wrote:
> >>I don't understand why so many people say it's not going to work. <<<
>
> Me neither! I think they're just pissed they didn't think of it first =)
>
> <<<<The new knowledge I've aquired over the last couple of months of
> research on this
> project tells me if you play it right you can do this swap over a weekend
>
> with not many problems at all.<<<
>
> yep! I'm hearin' that from some people on the net! Just fabbin' up some
> crossmembers and motor mounts... the hard part will be gettin' all the
> sensors in. I've got most of them, but the rest I have to buy. The cool
> thing about a premag is mechanical guages! And I don't have a tach, so
> I'm probably gonna get an aftermarket one. The oil pressure might be
> electronic, but I don't know. I'm sure it's just gonna take some wiring
> to get that guage to work (electrical signal? shouldn't be hard). I don't
> know about temperature... I don't even know how it's read... still
> diggin' on that one too....
I don't know about the premags, but the magnum's temperature sensor
is threaded into the front of the intake manifold. Actually, on the
'96 and older trucks, two sensors are used. One is a 2-wire for the
computer (the PCM provides ground) and the other is just for the gauge
in the cab. That one just has a single wire; it grounds to the chassis.
-Jon-
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