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Old 05-21-2014, 08:37 AM   #124
BigRed76
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Re: My swap. 5.3 into a 1990 3/4 ton 4x4 Suburban.

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Originally Posted by y5mgisi View Post
The VDO sender does not work with the stock gauge. Im doing it the "smart" way now with a stock sender for the burb thats turned down to the 12x1.5 thread to thread right into the head. Its pretty popular and a friend has done one also with no problems. The sweet thing is that because its brass, and therefore soft, you can chuck it up in your cordless drill and use a file to turn down the outside until its the right size to run the die over it.
That's interesting, I never thought of doing that. Might have to give that I try with mine.
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