OK Randall,
Went through your checklist........................................WE GOT
FUEL. :o) Not enough fuel in the tank to register on the gauge. Also thanks
Terry, got the wire right also.
Love a car with fuel (see what you did Terry)
Alex
----- Original Message -----
From: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>
To: "Eureka Saws Co, Inc." <ambritts@ptdprolog.net>
Sent: Saturday, July 15, 2006 07:04 PM
Subject: RE: [TR] Houston Control
>
> > I have a spare, maybe I should check with that one. Could be a bad
float. It
> > looked good when I put it back in. It is a metal one, as is my spare.
>
> Easy enough to check. Disconnect the harness wire from the sender. With
the
> key on, the gauge should read full. (Note that this is exactly opposite
to
> later cars.) Then short the harness wire to the ground post on the
sender, the
> gauge should read empty. If that all checks good, then the sender or
float may
> be bad.
>
> But don't forget that it takes several gallons of fuel in the tank before
the
> gauge reads above empty. If you can't see at least 3" of fuel on a
yardstick
> shoved down through the filler, then I'd expect an empty reading.
>
> If you suspect it's just the float, you can hook the sender arm with a
length of
> coat hanger through the filler, and lift it to see if the gauge follows.
>
> It's worth commenting that early TR4 fuel gauges look very similar to
TR2/3 fuel
> gauges, but are completely different electrically. There's always the odd
> chance someone has switched yours.
>
> Randall
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