[Greg Reid]

My thinking is still kinda cloudy this morning but it seems to me that if your tank is empty, the float is all the way down. No bending is going to change that. Sounds like it may have the wrong resistance or a bad ground. You need a good ground to get the empty reading.
Now, if the tank was full...and it read halfway...AND the movement of the arm was only half up as in, hitting the top of the tank, then yeah, you could bend it down to get more travel.

[lazlo]

Originally Posted by Greg Reid

My thinking is still kinda cloudy this morning but it seems to me that if your tank is empty, the float is all the way down. No bending is going to change that. Sounds like it may have the wrong resistance or a bad ground. You need a good ground to get the empty reading.
Now, if the tank was full...and it read halfway...AND the movement of the arm was only half up as in, hitting the top of the tank, then yeah, you could bend it down to get more travel.

There is a wire that runs off the top of the tank and grounds on the bottom of the trunk, at the back of the tank. Do I just need to clean that real well or is there other ground I need to address

[Greg Reid]

Originally Posted by lazlo

There is a wire that runs off the top of the tank and grounds on the bottom of the trunk, at the back of the tank. Do I just need to clean that real well or is there other ground I need to address

If that ground is good, that's sufficient. You have an ohm meter? If not, just make sure it's really grounded well.