fuel gauge only reads 3/4

["Kerry Pinkerton" <pinkertonk@xxxxxxxxx>]

 If you disconnect the lead from the fuel tank and ground it while the key
is on, your guage should read full.  If it doesn't, your guage is bad.  If
it does, your sending unit has a problem.  I use a couple long jumper wires
with alligator clips on the ends and go directly from the battery ground.
That way I can hook up to the battery ground, the sending unit lead and
touch them together while I'm in the car so I can see the guage.  Othersize
it takes two people.

KerryP
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----- Original Message -----
From: Roger Farrar <tenpalms@xxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2003 8:13 PM
Subject: Re: IML: fuel gauge only reads 3/4


> <<<<<<<<<<<Where is the fuel sending unit at?  When i fill up my tank it
> says I only
> have a 3/4 of a tank, so I have to do somthing to the sending unit.  and
> suggestions?
> Thanks,
> Kevin Pacheco
> 71 IMPERIAL>>>>>>>>>
>
> Before repairing or replacing the tank
> sending unit, clean and tighten all the connections in the circuit. Any
iffy
> connections can introduce enough resistance into the circuit to change the
> calibration. The most likely connections to be cruddy are the one at the
> tank sender or the connector plug(s)
> in the wiring to the rear of the car.
> regards
> Michael
>
> Roger and Michael in San Diego
> 67 Crown Convertible  "Moby"
> 73 LeBaron Coupe  "La Bomba Negra"
> 56 Sedan
>
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