After replying to Crash's query about testing a fuel gauge I realized I had
only replied to him and not the list. So here it is.
Check the fuse. Probably not the fuse since a Bugeye only has two and other
things would have stopped working also. Check the "hot" side lead. I had to
replace mine recently. Had to run a new wire from the fuse box to the gauge.
Wire must have broke somewhere along the way.
The following info on checking the lead from the sending unit was posted to
the list sometime ago by Hal Cummings.
A new unit just received from Moss (P/N 361-890) reads:
14 ohms at full tank
90 ohms at appx half tank
258 ohms when you ought to be lookin' for gas
Measured from ground (base of unit) to the wire spade connector with a
Fluke 75.
Larry Miller (millerls@msn.com)
59 Bugeye (Under Construction)
60 Bugeye (948, 5-Speed,1-Wire Alternator, and still Willie Nelson)
78 911 SC (Faster than a Bugeye but not as much fun)
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