[DeTomaso] Fuel Gauge quit working

[Don Franck]

I checked the connections. The gauge reads empty no matter what.  I suspect
there is crud on the sending unit although I replaced the bottom drain and
no garbage came out when the drain plug was unscrewed.

Don

On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 4:17 PM, clay willmott <claywillmott at hotmail.com>wrote:

> Dont know if you need to pull sender but it is easy.  Just unscrew it and
> remove it.  Just avoid sparks and dont drop anything  (Including the 30 year
> old gasket pieces) in the tank.
>
> Also, if you buy a new sender your gas gauge will be WAY off like mine and
> you will need the linear-"izer" they talk about or it will read mainly empty
> or too full with not much in between.
>
> Would check the gauge in the dash prior to the gas tank though.  I am sure
> someone will know way more than me on how to chekc gauge electronically for
> function.  I changed my sender for larger gas lines and flow mainly.  Does
> it say empty or full?  Did you check the connections behind the gauge yet?
>
>
> Clay
>
> > Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2009 16:00:43 -0500
> > From: panteradon at gmail.com
> > To: detomaso at realbig.com
> > Subject: [DeTomaso] Fuel Gauge quit working
> >
>  > My car has been sitting for quite some time. Now the fuel gauge does
> not
> > work. What is the best way to diagnose the problem? Can the sending unit
> > be pulled with the tank in the car?
> >
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Don