Texas 280

Thanks. I will leave work and go home and give it a go. I dont really want to let her go, it just seems like every time there is something else... I do appreciate your reply so now I feel better about driving back home. And for the temp, that is what I kinda what I did but maybe I got the wrong part since nothing looks the same... well I am off and hopefully running!

I am new the whole web forum thing. So I am not sure how to do this asking for help or finding answers on web. My car is a white 78 - 280 with 69,652 org.miles. I have had it over 2 years, but dont drive it much. My plan was to work on it (but also have a 72 chevelle that I also had plans for) and restore to it's formal glory. It is in great shape and when I do drive it it does get a lot of attention. This brings me to my situation: this weekend my timing belt on my daily driver (2000 nissan crewcab w/ 297,500 miles) finally snapped - it is in the shop. So, yesterday I charged the battery, washed and checked all fluids and I drove the Z to work. At lunch, after getting it inspected (it passed with flying colors) my RPM gauge stopped working... I can drive this back home since is seems to be driving fine- correct? And also is this something I can fix myself...I looked under the hood since I figure it is like an ole bicycle cable and it may of snapped. This brings up an old issue of my Temp gauge...Since I have not replaced the temp gauge sensor I got last summer online (cause I cant find where it is suposed to go) I thought it would be a good time to join a forum or club that has the same appreciation for these old cars. So to make a long story somewhat shorter... it is going to be 100º today, tomorrow and for the rest of the summer- I am going to need to drive this a few days straight and now my rpm gauge is stuck, the temp gauge not working... can I fix or should I just sell this project to someone that knows a bit more about this car? I love it, but it seem every time I take her out she comes home with battle scars. Thanks in advance. TXZ