Jim,
Before you go through the trouble of pulling the sender try just
disconnecting the two wires on the sender and shhort them together. ThIf
the problem is with the sender your gauge should go past full and peg out.
If it stays low, the problem is not with the sender, but with the gauge,
the instrument voltage regulator, or wiring.
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On Sat, 27 Dec 2003, Jim Cawrse wrote:
> I removed the cover over the tank sender in the trunk and removed the green
> and red wire and
> wire brushed the terminals and cliped them back on. I noticed that the gage
> is not all the way empty, but raises from below E to dead on E when the key
> is turned on.
> So....I went to the gas station with a 5 gallon can and filled it up with 93
> octane and dumped it
> into the tank, which was enough to fill it to the filler neck. This means
> it should have been around 1/2 before and full now. Its same as before,
> below E and then raises to E with the key turned on.
> Jim
> Chesapeake, Virginia
> Early 67 pushrod 2L 5spd
> 1972 510 Sportwagon Project
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