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Subject:Re: Gas gauge is not showing anything
From:Mike Collum
Date:Fri, 28 Jul 2006 18:18:52 -0400

When I bought my '85 the gas gauge didn't register at all.  I needed new
seals at the top of the tank so when I ordered them I got a new sender
for the tank.

Now the gauge works ... sort of.  When I fill up the gauge shows full or
sometimes very nearly full.  After about 10 miles it registers 3/4 tank
and continues to fall faster toward 1/2 tank than I think it should then
slows to where it hits the red mark after I've used about 11 US gallons.

I haven't looked into it further.

Mike
Houlton, ME

Zoltan wrote:
> I wonder why.  I'm not sure if it is the sender unit or if there maybe other problem.  I know, sometimes the floating end falls off of the arm of the sender unit.  But there could be something that I may check and it would work without taking out the tank, etc.
> Zoltan
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