OK, I moved the sensor and it seems closer but still reads a little high, 8-9 degrees. I think I'll try another sensor. You have good points and I think the resister idea was overkill. Sometimes my OCD kicks in and I go for perfection when close is good enough. By the way I cringe when I...
I'll try moving it and see if it helps. I do believe in the KISS principle. I was trying to avoid moving it since I soldered all the connections and cut the wire to length. I should of thought it out better and left more slack. Maybe I can come up with a weather tight plug and use it this...
I don't mean to seem rude, but I don't see how it matters if it has air sitting or moving around it. It works by transmitting the resistance to the chip that is programed to display a number based on what the resistance is. If the truck were to sit in a garage not running the sensor will read...
So I have found this site very informative and it has helped with most of my issues. So first I want to thank everyone here. So here is my issue, I have a 1998 K2500 GMC Sierra SLT, 7.4L Ext cab 2 door. The truck has most everything I could want but right away I found the rearview mirror...