[DeTomaso] Can a fuel sender be rebuilt?
Forest Goodhart
forestg at att.net
Mon Oct 2 16:55:55 EDT 2023
If we assume that there is 18" of wire total then you need a wire with 200 ohms/ft resistance.
On Monday, October 2, 2023 at 01:51:51 PM PDT, Thomas Törnblom <tipo874 at gmail.com> wrote:
The resistance of the stock sender is about 0 ohms (full) and 300 ohms (empty), give or take.
> 2 okt. 2023 kl. 20:59 skrev Konrad Szwab <kszwab at gmail.com>:
>
> I would guess about 1Mohm. If I do not forget, I will measure the
> replacement when I get it from Larry.
> One could use wire from a hairdrierA to rewind the rheostat, I think,
> or it can be ordered online. I would expect rather the moving part of
> the variable resistor that measures the ratio based on the
> floatA movement to fail.
>
> On Mon, Oct 2, 2023 at 1:39a-PM Forest Goodhart <[1]forestg at att.net>
> wrote:
>
> A A And it isn't just a fine wire. It is a resistance wire and the
> A A resistance is unknown to me.
> A A Forest
> A A On Monday, October 2, 2023 at 10:42:22 AM PDT, jderyke--- via
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> A A A The fuel sender is a simple rheostat. When they break, its
> always the
> A A A fine wire windings that a sliding contact traverses.
> Practically
> A A A speaking, they are as unrepairable as a burnt light bulb
> unless you
> A A A unwind the coil and rebuild it with the same gauge of bare
> wire..
> A A A On Monday, October 2, 2023 at 09:53:31 AM PDT, Mike &
> Elizabeth
> A A A <[1][3]mbefthomas2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> A A A A Doug Bruan and I did a check of my fuel sender with an
> ohm meter
> A A A today
> A A A A and it does not seem to be functioning properly.A Wanted
> to make
> A A sure
> A A A A it was working before it goes back into the tank.A Can
> these be
> A A A easily
> A A A A reconditioned and if so, who can help me out with this?
> A A A A They seem a very simple beast, and that would be much
> less
> A A expensive
> A A A A than having to buy a whole new fuel pickup/sender.
> A A A A Thanks
> A A A A Mike Thomas
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If we assume that there is 18" of wire total then you need a wire with
200 ohms/ft resistance.
On Monday, October 2, 2023 at 01:51:51 PM PDT, Thomas TAP:rnblom
<tipo874 at gmail.com> wrote:
The resistance of the stock sender is about 0 ohms (full) and 300 ohms
(empty), give or take.
> 2 okt. 2023 kl. 20:59 skrev Konrad Szwab <[1]kszwab at gmail.com>:
>
> i>>? I would guess about 1Mohm. If I do not forget, I will measure
the
> replacement when I get it from Larry.
> One could use wire from a hairdrierA to rewind the rheostat, I
think,
> or it can be ordered online. I would expect rather the moving part
of
> the variable resistor that measures the ratio based on the
> floatA movement to fail.
>
> On Mon, Oct 2, 2023 at 1:39a-PM Forest Goodhart <[1]forestg at att.net>
> wrote:
>
> A A And it isn't just a fine wire. It is a resistance wire and
the
> A A resistance is unknown to me.
> A A Forest
> A A On Monday, October 2, 2023 at 10:42:22 AM PDT, jderyke--- via
> DeTomaso
> A A <[2]detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:
> A A A The fuel sender is a simple rheostat. When they break, its
> always the
> A A A fine wire windings that a sliding contact traverses.
> Practically
> A A A speaking, they are as unrepairable as a burnt light bulb
> unless you
> A A A unwind the coil and rebuild it with the same gauge of bare
> wire..
> A A A On Monday, October 2, 2023 at 09:53:31 AM PDT, Mike &
> Elizabeth
> A A A <[1][3]mbefthomas2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> A A A A Doug Bruan and I did a check of my fuel sender with an
> ohm meter
> A A A today
> A A A A and it does not seem to be functioning properly.A
Wanted
> to make
> A A sure
> A A A A it was working before it goes back into the tank.A Can
> these be
> A A A easily
> A A A A reconditioned and if so, who can help me out with this?
> A A A A They seem a very simple beast, and that would be much
> less
> A A expensive
> A A A A than having to buy a whole new fuel pickup/sender.
> A A A A Thanks
> A A A A Mike Thomas
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