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03-14-2019, 12:25 PM
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What happened when you hooked the tan wire...
What happened when you hooked the tan wire straight to ground? No meter required for this test. And no danger in touching it straight to a good ground.
You can do an ohm test on your sending unit...
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03-13-2019, 02:01 PM
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If it does show voltage...Hook it straight to a...
If it does show voltage...Hook it straight to a good ground source and see if the needle goes to E.
Straight to ground is what the sending unit does when you're out of gas.
Clay
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03-13-2019, 08:02 AM
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I'd ground the tan wire and try to force the...
I'd ground the tan wire and try to force the guage to empty.
More than 90 ohms, open, unplugged...will let the needle go out of sight past full.
0, zero ohms, dead ground...Should put the needle...
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04-09-2014, 09:21 AM
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Lets do it!
Lets do it!
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03-27-2014, 10:58 AM
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Not ready to say it's the guage
I do think you need to try another meter. Numbers you're posting are not matching up with logic or what they should be.
Sending unit rheostat range is probably going to be 0-30 ohms or 0-35 ohms....
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03-25-2014, 05:16 PM
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NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO!..................
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NO NEVER EVER HOOK B+ TO...
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03-23-2014, 09:29 PM
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On a 64 model
It wouldn't hurt a thing to check fuses on this car. Guage fuse may only go to the gas guage. Then unplug the sending unit wire (anywhere) and do a voltage check coming from the guage. That is...
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03-23-2014, 08:25 PM
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Flat Wire
The flat wire has a plug on both ends. Back seat to trunk area in the rear and usually left foot kick panel to fuse box area in the front. Grounding the sending unit wire at either plug should send...
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02-20-2014, 11:14 PM
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UH OH
This one may actually be a worn out sending unit. The float arm moves the point contact up and down a wire wound resistor to get different ohm readings. If the resistor has a break in it, the guage...
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02-12-2010, 08:38 AM
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Glad it's working, but......
Curious about all the media blasting, cleaning points of tank to body contact, and bare metal.
Tanks usually have something to insulate them from the body. Tar strips on top or something.
IMO...
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02-11-2010, 12:31 PM
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I think I'd narrow down the search first. ...
I think I'd narrow down the search first.
Unplug the body/ribbon harness in the trunk.
(1) Ground the tan sending unit wire, going up front to the guage, and see if the guage drops back to empty....
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03-30-2009, 11:29 PM
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15 gal. brings the guage up to full in the 79,...
15 gal. brings the guage up to full in the 79, probably does take another 5 to fill the tank. The top 1/2 a tank last a while but when it drops below 1/2 you'ld better be close to a fuel supply....
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03-30-2009, 06:09 PM
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79 10th TA stick car, got the back up engine for...
79 10th TA stick car, got the back up engine for the race car in it, right at 11.5 CR 400.
So know what you mean about fetching fuel.
In Lafayette, right up the road from Menlo. Been here about...
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03-30-2009, 04:46 PM
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FWIW
I recently had to go take new pics of my car for the insurance co.. It was in storage and out of gas. I carried 15 gallons to put in it. First 5 brought the guage up where yours is. Next 10 moved it...
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03-29-2009, 09:52 PM
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Nothing to lose
Carefully take the spare sending unit apart. There's a couple of different places for failure. There's a spring loaded contact moved by the float arm and a wire wound rubbing block. Wires can't rub...
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03-29-2009, 05:35 PM
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You use both probes to read across or through...
You use both probes to read across or through something, one probe on each end.
Get your spare sending unit......
Put one probe on the wire terminal and the other againt the mounting plate. If...
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03-29-2009, 03:11 PM
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Very strange indeed
Unless the guage IS bad, but then the first empty reading wouldn't have happened.
Unless another possibility, a broken wire in the ribbon running from front to back and wiggiling the...
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03-29-2009, 01:40 PM
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Something is wrong here
If grounding the sending unit wire makes the guage go to empty, plugged or un-plugged wont make any difference, ground is ground.
Something is not getting checked right. Ground the tan wire going...
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03-27-2009, 02:08 AM
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Grounding the sending unit wire in the trunk,...
Grounding the sending unit wire in the trunk, should make the guage go to empty.
Try it and see what happens, that'll really narrow things down.
Straight to ground want hurt it, same thing the...
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