Rear Engine Oil Temp

[Paul Sharp]

Bob - the parts manual says the probe and gage must be ordered as a kit, which would lead one to think they matched them up for resistance and/or etc.

But if I tested one by heating some oil and found it was reading right, couldn't I avoid the "kit" approach? Although, one would think that it could be possible to get a probe that was good and have it working against a gage that was off which was used to match the previous probe which was also off (so that the original two mateched but now the new probe won't even if it's right)?

In a wuandary what to do. Don't want to purchase a diff. system if a simple probe replacement will do, but...