zsowle50

I Have a 96 4.0 i did cluster swap on and there is no sender for temp gauge at all. I had the jack hole light before but no sender. I am looking L/R of head and there is no hole drilled for it. The wire is there. So how would the light ever have worked and how do I install sender? Do the old cut the hose and pipe trick????I pulled sender from doner so I know where it is at.

gistecknician

At the rear drivers side of the head is the stock sender, you will need to replace this sender with a sender for a cluster with a gauge. It is a simple swap, and you definitely have one or else you would have coolant coming out of the hole where the sender goes.

Your sender for the dummy light should have a white connector, the replacement sender for the temp gauge will have a black connector.

zsowle50

I will post a pic asap but there is no hole. I have another cherokee and I see where it is. My head was never drilled out.

zsowle50

By the way I have the white conector and how do I post the pic?

gistecknician

You stated that you don't have a sender, now you state that you have the white connector. Do you have a sender on the rear drivers side of the head or don't you?

The sender with the white head is what you need to replace, with a sender with a black connector.

gistecknician

Actually, see if there is a brass plug or brass screw with white plastic in the middle. The head of the old sender may have snapped off, check the connector and see if the other part of the sender is in the connector you see.

xj_maniac_newb

ok i dont know about you but my 95 didnt have a temp gauge just a coolant level gauge...or light....that would come on when im low on antifreeze. So i had one installed in the spot where my rear wiper control should be...lol mine didnt have one... might be off topic but i've never messed with the cluster stuff...just my 2 cents

zsowle50

The plug is hanging from the firewall. The spot in the head is smooth and flat and is not broke off. I am a master tech and know what im looking at. As soon as I can I will post a pic. What I want to know is has anyone else ran into this?

zsowle50

Maybe on deferent years they changed where the sensor is?http://www.apmengineparts.com/40liter2.html

sv41878

I've got a 96, had both the idiot light and swapped for the gauge type. It's on the driver's rear, look real close to the valve cover, I actually had to pull the valve cover to get a socket on mine. If it really doesn't have one, drill it or relocate it. I've seen them y'ed out of the temp sensor port (thermo housing) with brass fittings from home depot, if you take that route figure it will read 10 degrees below the real temp.

zsowle50

Thanks for the posts so far. I will relocate I just dont get it. here is a pic I found on ebay note no sensor hole. Where did they put it. I will post mine tomorrow.
See the flat spot where the hole should be?

sv41878

It won't let me upload the picture cuz I edited it and made it too big. Would be on the bottom left of the picture you uploaded, but I think it is almost on the edge of the intake manifold not actually the head. Mine had a broken off plug in it originally and I wouldn't have seen it behind the wires if I hadn't looked one last time. If the plug is broken like mine was, it might just be a a little piece of metal sticking out that looks like it belongs there but really doesn't. Look very closely in that area and let me know what you find.

zsowle50

Ok this is my engine and the sender is not there..