

| Subject: | 6V to 12V gauge again! |
| Date: | 18 Oct 94 13:38 |
Hi all,
back to an old theme I'm afraid.
When I asked about the 6v Fuel gauge a few weeks ago - everyone
told me that you didn't need to convert the gauge. Now I've got
my '64 bus the gauge reads very low - I put six gallons of gas
in the tank and it came upto the first 1/4 mark - I did about 30
miles in it and it read half way between R and the first 1/4 mark.
Does 6 gallons fill the reserve area and up to the first mark ?
(In the UK that equates to about 15 quid's worth of petrol - I
think it should read about 3/4 of a tank)
I built a 12 to 6v dc-dc converter capable of sourcing 1.7amps, so
I am gonna power the fuel circuit off it and see if I get a better
reading - of course it could be that the gauge or sender is knackered,
the bus's last MOT was 1985 so I figure the sender it hasn't seen
much full-scale movement for a while.
Can anyone draw me an ASCII for the fuel gauge circuit - please.
Lee.
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