[AdamIsAdam]

Clay,
I couldn't agree more and have already planned a trip to Home Depot for a new gauge (I have gift certificates there, so I'll buy a nice, auto-adjusting gauge).

Just to be clear, I've got a two wire "harness" type plug at the back of the fuel gauge. I measured both wires. One is clearly the B+ in showing switched power of 11.8 VDC, the other goes to the sending unit, which I got 2.8VDC. I got about the same reading at the junction behind the seat on that wire.

What's troubling is the .8VDC at the gas tank. I examined the wire from the junction to the tank and it looks fine. I was tired and it was late, so I stopped short of putting a jumper wire at that section.

But I feel that I'm not getting accurate readings with my cheap Sperry Multimeter. So I'll buy a better meter and start again.

But, why the heck is my gauge not going to E when I ground the sending unit wire right at the gauge or when I grounded it at the junction behind the seat? Regardless of my readings, why won't it ground to "Empty"?

I'm not totally clear on this:

Besides the B+ on the back of the guage there is stud that has a voltage regulator (flat, wire wound, resistor) between it and B+.
Need the B+ reading, opposite end of regulator reading, and sending unit out reading. Sending unit coming out of the guage may be the same as regulator drop reading. And the sending unit out of the guage reading should be the same at the back of the car .