AHSprite78@aol.com wrote:
>
> Well now that it's about time to start thinking about getting the sprite back
> out i've decided to fix the little things that don't work. Like the sending
> unit for the fuel tank. What happens is everytime that you hook up the wire
> to it the wire that leads to the post gets red hot and melts through. Bad
> ground? It's a new fuel gauge. Bad Fuel Gauge? What do you think?
> Thanks
> Matthew Smith
> '67 Sprite (awaking from the long sleep)
The "hot" wire should NOT go to the sending unit.
The hot wire (solid green) goes from switched battery to terminal "B" on
the fuel gauge. The green/black wire goes from terminal "T" (tank) to
the sending unit.
Make sure the gauge and sender are grounded. If you hooked it up
backwards and sent 12 volts thru the sender you probably melted the thin
wire in there. (80% of all sender failures) It can be fixed if you are
handy with a soldering iron.
If your new sender is a "Moprod" brand, throw it out, they just don't
work.
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Frank Clarici
Toms River, NJ
Bugeye Sprite
67 Sprite
59 A40
http://www.exit109.com/~spritenut/
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