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Re: Sending unit resistance

To: Gerard Chateauvieux <pixelsmith@gerardsgarage.com>
Subject: Re: Sending unit resistance
Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2003 07:04:13 -0400
Cc: spridget list <spridgets@autox.team.net>
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> Mike,
> 
> I could not find any data in the Bentley manual beyond, "installation
> is the reverse... blah, blah, blah..."  either.
> 
> I just happen to have a brand new, never installed replacement unit
> that I dug out and checked for you. It reads from about 14 ohms to
> somewhere between 240 and 250 ohms. Seems you are in range. This is
> the type with the six screw holes as opposed to the locking ring
> which is what you would have on a later car, but I think this is
> still for the later type gas gauge though.
> 
> Gerard
> 
> At 9:48 PM -0400 7/26/03, Michel R. Gagne wrote:
>> Good Evening (add in a great Hitchcock accent)!
>> 
>> Before bolting in my new gas tank I unseized the float arm and checked the
>> resistance of the unit.  In the full position the resistance is 19 ohms,
>> while in the empty position the resistance is 252 ohms.  Is this within
>> specs?  I couldn9t find the information in either the Haynes or Leyland
>> manuals.
>> 
>> Does anybody have this data.
>> 
>> TIA
>> Mike Gagne
>> Chapel Hill, NC
> 
> 

Ahh, super!  Thanks Gerard that is great news.  Now I can finish this job
today.
Cheers,
Mike

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