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Re: [oletrucks] jumpy gas guage

To: Allen Coblentz <wac8019@erinet.com>
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] jumpy gas guage
From: "Joe Clark" <jclark1@utk.edu>
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 07:50:41 -0400
Allen:
You may have a bad connection inside the gauge itself.  A contact 
slides across a resistor and if it gets rusty, it could be jumpy.  
Once you've eliminated everything else, you can drive out the rivets 
and take it apart and clean it, but this is a little tricky and you 
could ruin your gauge.  Old gas gauges are notorious for going bad 
though and you'll likely have to replace it in the future anyway.  If 
the connection is bad, it should read Full I think.
Joe

Joe Clark
'50 3100 Deluxe
Knoxville, Tennessee
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