[DeTomaso] Two dumb techno questions

[Mark McWhinney]

I would suspect bad connection, bad sender, then a bad gauge in that
order.

Start with a simple continuity test of the circuit running from the
sender to the gauge.  I'll bet you will find it is just some oxidation
on contacts somewhere along the circuit.


-----Original Message-----
From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com]
On Behalf Of Charles Engles
Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2009 2:54 PM
To: detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: [DeTomaso] Two dumb techno questions

Dear Forum,


               I have two dumb problems to deal with.

              1) Bad fuel gauge problem.    The car has been sitting for
three (!) years during an engine build with the tank drained.   Now that
it is up and running the gauge has gone wonky.  It either reads empty or
flashes back and forth from full to empty erratically.  

                  Is the gauge terminal?  

  


              2)  Bad starter problem.    The other car has a West Coast
Starter (San Diego) circa 1997.   It always starts up at the first start
of the day, but any re-start after that is a painfully slow
"whrrr-pause-whrrrrrrr-pause-whrrr-pause-whrrr" etc. lasting a painful
10-20 secs before it starts.   Today, I came in from an errand and
turned the car off and then immediately tried to re-start it.   Same
thing.   

                 Is the starter bad?   It doesn't seem to be the
battery.   This problem has been getting incrementally worse over the
last year.  



                                If its not one thing-----its another,
Chuck Engles   
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