Re: Fuel gauge
Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2021 5:43 pm
Found another sender which reads 2ohms on empty and sent old gauge to the naughty corner.
FB ute driver, EK van project
FB ute driver, EK van project
Hi Clay,Errol62 wrote: Sun Feb 14, 2021 4:46 pm Revisiting John's very thorough and I formative post here. I know my gauge is good as it reads empty when I earth sender terminal to body and full when sender terminal isolated.
My problem appears to be in the sender. At full resistance is 33ohms. At empty though it reads 7ohms. I've tried bending the arm but the rheostat appears to be at the full extent of its travel. Next idea is to clean the insides but this will mean drilling out and re riveting. Anyone tried this?
FB ute driver, EK van project
Just saw this post. Here's a link to the bit when I pulled mine apart. If you decide to pull it apart, I think I've got some copper rivets somewhere to put it back together.
At 7 ohms, you'd be reading about a 1/4 full when dead empty?
http://www.fbekholden.com/forum/viewtop ... 63#p231663
Cheers,
John