[DeTomaso] Fuel Gauge quit working

[Thomas Tornblom]

8 apr 2009 kl. 23.26 skrev Don Franck <panteradon at gmail.com>:

> I checked the connections. The gauge reads empty no matter what.

Ground the white/black wire at the sender, that should make the gauge  
read full.

> 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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