Gizmo52

my motor was swapped in my 96 xj sport long before i got it... it was swapped to a 98 xj I6... motor funs fine buutttttttt....

in pre 98 there was 2 temp sensors... one for the gauge (rear of the block) and one for the CPU (t-stat housing)...

in 98+ the two sensors were built in on and go to into the T-stat housing...

whoever swapped the motor never change to the 98 harness so im stuck with a truck thats CPU reads the temp but i cant read the gauge because there is no place for the sensor to go in the motor...

anybody have any ideas on how to get a 96 sensor into a 98 motor? or how to splice the wires so that it works?

thanks alot i wanna get all of my stuff fixed on friday so i can make my build thread saturday

Gizmo52

anyone got any ideas for me? i need to know what my temp is at cause i think im over heating but cant tell...

xjbeans

After market temp gauge 25 dollars 30 mins problem solved

Gizmo52

is that the only solution or is it possible to rig the stock one to work?

cruiser54

I've read that you can drill and tap the late model head in the left rear corner to locate your early model temp sender like it was originally..

freegdr

nipple and tee under temp sensor in thermo housing then screw temp sender in and splice wire from rear to front

Trev1006

There are not really any extra ports to use for a sensor so I extended the therm housing out by screwing a short section of 3/8 npt pipe bout 1/2" long. Then a 3/8 npt T fitting screwed onto that then I put my sensor in one hole and a mechanical temp gauge in the other. It a little out of the main coolant stream not but it operates fine. I think its kinda the same basic thin as freegdr's setup.

Gizmo52

There's no room where the one on a 96 goes cause thAts where the motor ground is located... I'm gonna try the t fitting on the temp sensor on the t stat housing

Gizmo52

I'm goIng to try ur idea I just don't know if the make a fitting in the size I need