Good idea, cbdo. I "cooked" the old temp sensor in a pot of water to get aprox ohm readings, to check the sender. With the gauge reading 100c, it checks out about right (about 80 ohms, which is what the sender read as the water starteed to boil). I will check it with an oven thermometer, as I just decided my wife needs one
. Thanks for your input; I'm no expert either but two non-expert heads are better than one.