If you stay with the magnum, are you going to go carbed, go aftermarket fuel injection, or stay with the factory fuel injection?

 

Mine is the 3.9, Forgot to mention that IDK if the V8's had 2 sensors. It is 2wd Sport.
Just glanced in my FSM seems like both cooling systems are the same for 3.9 and 5.2. I could not find both sensors in the FSM only one sensor is mentioned in a test instruction for it and the accompanying picture only shows one sensor with two wires. ??? Mine has a single wire sensor and a 2 wire sensor next to each other by the thermostat housing. It occurred to me if your second one is not missing that you have a 95 or later motor.

 

There were two sensors until 98 model year. After that, there was only one. Usually, one is near the heater outlet, and the other is by the thermostat housing.

 

The only answer to those questions I have is I will not be using the factory fuel injection. I haven't decided on a carb or throttle body FI yet, but I will go with one or the other.

 

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Originally Posted by TheSneeze

The only answer to those questions I have is I will not be using the factory fuel injection. I haven't decided on a carb or throttle body FI yet, but I will go with one or the other.

Understood.... The reason I ask is, there seems to be no way to tune the 92-95 (OBD 1) systems with mopar. When I built mine, I used the Edelbrock 7577 intake with a holley carb. FWIW the edelbrock fits and works better with the factory accessory drive that was used on the magnum . The other brands, seem to be set up to use the older LA style accessories.. On these the thermostat housing is offset compared to the edelbrock and factory magnum intake. It causes the thermostat housing to be in conflict with the compressor.

Here is a couple pictures of mine when I was setting it up. Wiring was not completed in these pictures.

 

I will not be using the factory a/c, and will more than likely go with an aftermarket accessory/belt drive system. Since this truck is going to be a hot rod (pro street vibe), I am not going to plumb an a/c system in the '52 Studebaker dash. I live in the eastern Sierra Nevada near Lake Tahoe at near 5000 ft elevation, so the summers are not that bad here.

 

I made it out to the shop this morning, and took a closer look. There is a single wire sensor, and a 2 wire sensor - one on each side of the radiator hose connection.

 

Yep, that is correct. That two wire sensor is very well hidden though, especially if the a/c compressor is still there.

 

Somehow I was picturing them right next to each other. Oh well its been almost ten years since I tore it apart. The FSM says not to pull on the wire to disconnect those sensors. It suggests you make a tool out of coat hanger with a small L bend in it to pull the plugs off those two sensors. They do not lock into position it is just a compression fit.

 

I am always careful with connectors, and never pull on the wires. But thanks for the tip! I examine each connector to figure out the method of strain relief they are designed with before trying to take them apart. At this point, it time to get really dirty! Under the truck I go to drain the oil and transmission fluid, disconnect the shift linkage, remove the driveshaft, and start to disconnect the motor and transmission mounts.

I have not found much info on this, but my plan is to convert the auto transmission to a floor shift. I will not be using the stock steering column as it would look really out of place inside a '52 truck cab. Anyone on here have done this before, and if so, what parts did you use and where did you get them? Most conversion kits I have found are for Chevy or Fords. I would like to put a tall shifter on it, like 1-1/2 to 2 ft tall. I'm getting a little ahead of myself here as I am not anywhere close to this point, but my brain is always way ahead of my hands.