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Subject:Re: Flaky fuel gauge
From:Kristopher B.
Date:Fri, 5 Jan 1996 10:24:14 -0500 (EST)

> Yep, that was me. I'd checked the wiring, the voltage stabiliser and the
> sender and couldn't work it out. Even the gauge seemed to work OK when I
> tested it on the bench. As a last resort I took it apart (needs a delicate
> touch) and found what looked like carbon on the coil in there. I scraped it
> off with a knife and it's worked fine since.
> 
> Andy E.
> 
> A.C.Erskine@lut.ac.uk
> 
> 
Maybe You can help me with mine then.. I replace the float on mine, 
replaced the fuel gauge and voltage stablizier, and still refuses to 
work.. but, if I take the float out of the tank and ground the top of the 
sender, I can make it work just fine.. So I figured, bad ground, right?  
So I did the same thing when it was in the tank, and still wouldn't 
work.. It would just always read full... :(

Can you help me?

--Kris
kbrzesc@pb.net

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