[DeTomaso] Fuel Sender Wiring Question

[clay willmott]

There is a ground tab for the black wire (Ground) on the stock unit.

The
new unit does not have a ground tab, so you have to put a ring terminal
on the stock black wire and ground it on one of the bolts that holds the unit on the top of
the gas tank.

Steve later told me to do the above when I called. 
Also it does not matter which way the other two wires (white and yellow) go unless you
want your gauge to read the right way.  If they are reversed the tank
reads empty when full. I just wanted to make sure if they were reversed if could not ignite the tank or something.  I figured Detomaso would not make it where it could do that but no harm in double checking.
Thanks
Clay

From: doug at silicondesigns.com
To: MikeLDrew at aol.com; claywillmott at hotmail.com; detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: RE: [DeTomaso] Fuel Sender Wiring Question
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:49:55 -0700








You 
may be right Mike, but then again, if Wilkinson didn't send a third tab with the 
sender, then it may not have the low fuel switch in it.  You're also 
right about asking Wilkinson for the best answer.
 
Doug

  -----Original Message-----
From: MikeLDrew at aol.com 
  [mailto:MikeLDrew at aol.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 3:25 
  PM
To: doug at silicondesigns.com; claywillmott at hotmail.com; 
  detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Fuel Sender Wiring 
  Question


In a message dated 6/12/08 15 22 
  5, doug at silicondesigns.com writes:



  ith only two wires on it, Wilkinson's sender likely 
    doesn't have the
connection for the low fuel light in your dash gauge 
    which is fed by the
yellow wire.  It really doesn't matter but I'd 
    connect your car's black wire
to Wilkinson's black and your car's white 
    wire to the sender's blue.  Leave
the yellow wire 
  unconnected


I seriously doubt that.

The early cars had a 
  sender with provisions for only two wires; one was for fuel level and the 
  other for the idiot light.  A small separate tab was affixed under one of 
  the sender mounting bolts for the ground.

I would presume this to be 
  the case for the new sender too, although the easy thing to do is just ask 
  Wilkinson???

Mike


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