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Re: Fuel Gage

Posted By: bruce
Date: Sunday, 26 June 2005, at 5:07 p.m.

In Response To: Re: Fuel Gage (Wayne)

A gauge jumping around usually indicates a loose connection including inside the sender.

Take the wire off the sender that goes to the gauge, usually the center conductor and put it to ground. With the key on, the gauge should show full steady.

If nothing happens, leave the sender wire off and ground the sender terminal on the gauge, it should go to full again.

If nothing happens then you have a bad gauge as long as the power to the gauge is good.

If it reads full its in the wiring.

If it reads full grounding the wire at the sender, then that tells you the wire to the gauge and the gauge itself are okay and its in the sender.

Remove sender and with the wire on and a ground wire, move the float up and down and watch the gauge to confirm. Make sure the sender is grounded. It is nothing more than a variable resistor and needs the ground to complete the path.

This way you can check just about any brand gauge and sender except a few.

Messages In This Thread

Fuel Gage
steve -- Sunday, 26 June 2005, at 3:27 p.m.

Re: Fuel Gage
Wayne -- Sunday, 26 June 2005, at 3:36 p.m.

Re: Fuel Gage
bruce -- Sunday, 26 June 2005, at 5:07 p.m.

Re: Fuel Gage
Dug -- Monday, 27 June 2005, at 8:35 a.m.