Hi, first post here... I did search but couldn't find an answer to my question.

I have a 96 Ram 1500 with a 5.9L. The engine was replaced prior to me having worked on it with I believe a 360 from a later year. There is only ONE boss for a temp sensor/ sender location on the intake. My harness has a plug for a sender and a separate plug for a sensor (one that feeds data to ecu). I currently have the sensor in use and plugged in, the other sender for the gauge just dangles currently and the gauge is inactive. What are my options here? I see the location where the other boss for the sender would/ could go. Will I need to drill and tap, or is there another boss I can use hidden somewhere? Or is there a different sensor I could use and modify the harness to work? I am a complete Dodge newb.

Halp! Thanks in advance for any advice or info.

 

Need to either drill and tap the intake for the second sensor, or, swap to a 97 or older intake. 96-97 did not have EGR, 95 and earlier did. Some of the 96 manifolds have provisions for EGR, but, the valve port has a block-off plate instead....

 

Appreciate the response... I figured it would be a drill and tap situation, and that's fine. Although I can't help but wonder if I could make use of the heater hose port with some creative plumbing.

As for the EGR, I am not entirely sure about that yet. I had been having a few issues with stalling randomly, but chalked it up to faulty sensors- ergo, IAC, tps, cam sensor pickup in the distributor, O2's and whatnot. Haven't tackled that one yet. Wanted to make sure I can monitor the temp first.

 

Keep in mind, the sensor for the gauge is a one-wire sensor, that grounds to the engine itself.