[76C10Stepside]

UH-OH! Had a date last night and took the S10. Idle started at 1500, which I think is a bit high for warm weather. Shouldn't it be closer to 1200? It shudders and stalls when in gear and not moving. OK if not in gear. Had to keep my foot on the gas to keep it running. Accelerates fine and runs smooth in non-idle. AND, the TEMP GUAGE has a ZERO readout (see photo) the entire time. Made a stop on the way, and it didn't want to start back up, had to open the throttle and keep cranking it. Same problem starting back up after my date. Once going, it ran fine, except for the idle thing. The idle RPMs were the correct 750. Got gas on the way home, will drive it today and see if it's still acting up. The combination of no temp reading and wanting to stall out at idle is interesting. Bad ECT sensor?

BTW, I checked the ground on the firewall (black plastic thing that has several wires on it), and it was nice and clean (all copper connectors). Didn't find any other grounds for the engine wiring.