Dumb question - where to mount the 1/8 npt sending unit

sunburnedaz · Post by **sunburnedaz** » Fri Sep 10, 2010 4:51 pm

Ok so my search foo has yeilded nothing on this topic so I wll ask it.

I know from towing trailiers that heat kills automatic tranmissions and I want to make sure that this one's tranny stays happy. So where is the best place to mount the 1/8 npt sending unit from an Auto Meter 3357 Transmission Temperature Gauge or something like it before I order it. I am gonna order an A piller pod as well for volt meter and oil pressure gauge.

As a side note did any of the other neons have more gauges built into the dash like I dunno a tach perhaps that swaps over with little to no pain. After driving motorcyles and manual transmissions for so long not having a tach is bothering me.

Edit: 2000 neon with what I would assume is the 31TH tranmission.

Post by **occasional demons** » Fri Sep 10, 2010 5:07 pm

For the temp sender, you will need a manifold to splice into the out line to the cooler. Basically it is a tee that has barbs to clamp the rubber lines to, and a threaded hole for the sender. I would also invest in a cooler if you are towing.

For a tach in the cluster a tach cluster is the only option. Your mileage will not be correct, unless you can find one with the same or close to the same mileage, preferably with just a little more miles, so it can be swapped in when that mileage is near. Search the FS post here(if you can access them), or ebay.

sunburnedaz · Post by **sunburnedaz** » Fri Sep 10, 2010 5:43 pm

Thanks for the info on the sending unit. I am used to my truck and the automatics that came in them had a threaded boss on them that worked out great for a sending unit.

The neon will not be towing, I am gonna leave that work to the chevy 1/2 ton truck. I really wanted the gauges for the transmission because the road temperatures here can be 140+ on the the black asphalt in the summer without the heat from the car.

So a cluster with a tach will swap over with no reprogramming the ECM or wiring up extra sensors for it. Did it have to be for a 2000 - 2002 neon or will the 03+ units swap over.

Post by **occasional demons** » Fri Sep 10, 2010 6:02 pm

I believe all clusters are interchangeable between 2gns.

Unless you weld a 1/8 pipe bung into the pan, there is no place to thread it into on any neon transaxle.

sunburnedaz · Post by **sunburnedaz** » Fri Sep 10, 2010 6:51 pm

Sweet thanks for the answer to all my n00b questions.