Dear all
Am I right or am I wrong but my car has electroluminescent dash lights (63)
I have been told that you should not ground the sender wire to see if the
gauge works is this correct or not and if so how does one check these
gauges, I put in a "new" sender unit which briefly gave a 3/4 reading before
slowly dying as did the previous gauge.????????????.
David Munson
>From: "Kerry Pinkerton" <pinkertonk@xxxxxxxxx>
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>To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: Re: IML: fuel gauge only reads 3/4
>Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2003 20:47:57 -0600
>
> 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
>Patch panels fabricated
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>bunch of lesser marques
>----- 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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