Kevin Richards wrote:
>
> Greetings,
>
> A question for those in the know:
> I have recently finished the restoration of my 77B. The only thing (ha
> ha...yeah right) left to fix....is the fuel gauge. It has never worked,
> always in the E position.
> I saw someone talking about the fuel sending unit on the list not too
> long ago, so I decided to have a peek at mine. There are two posts on
> the tank, one of which has a wire attached to it, one that is naked. I
> cannot see any other wires around that are disconnected or dangling...Is
> there a wire that I am missing??
> I put the wire on the other naked terminal, and the fuel gauge read
> pegged full or F.
There should be a ground wire, it usually goes back to the trunk bolt where all
the rear lights are grounded. The sender, like the fuel pump, will generally
ground through their physical connections but a) it is a bit of a tortuous
route and b) for my money grounding through fuel pipes and tanks is not a Good
Thing.
PaulH.
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