Date:         Sun, 3 Sep 2000 20:28:12 -0400
Reply-To:     Cochran <gfcochran@PRODIGY.NET>
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From:         Cochran <gfcochran@PRODIGY.NET>
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Subject:      87 Syncro GL gas tank sender
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My gas gage has recently stop going over 1/4 full.  I have  made the
assumption that the sender in the tank has probably gone bad. There are only
about three possibilities here, the voltage regulator for the gage, the gage
itself, or the sender. If the voltage regulator was bad would not the temp
gage also be acting up? Not likely the gage itself is bad? The question I
have is, can in fact the sender be replaced like Bentley seems to say,
without removing the tank, and were the hell is it. From looking at the
Bentley drawing,  I expected to be able to see the  sender by looking behind
one of the rear wheels, but I can not see it. Is it under what looks like
some kind of insulation around the tank?  If I can find the wires connected
to the sender can I test the gage by jumping the wires together? I would
appreciate any help in locating the sender, or in any trouble shooting tips

I have seen some posts about the A/C ducts falling down, I tried to get a
couple of dealers to get me some info on the recall, but just got the run
around.  In the mean time the duct work fell down and bopped my wife on the
head,  you know how they get when something like that happens.  I just made
a couple of stainless steel strips about 2" X 7"--8" to reinforce the old
mounting holes, and then I made new brackets for the rear A/C cabinet, which
had broken the plastic mounting tabs. A/C is now mounted securely.  If
anyone is interested, I could probably provide a picture of the cabinet
brackets.

While I am at it, daily I see posts about bucking, loss of power, missing, I
shut it off and then it would not start. I had all of these symptoms in all
combinations. Turns out the PO had something happen that seems to have
shortened the wires to the alternator, the wires were pulling out of the
connectors at the alternator.  Just something easy to check that might
help.

Gary
Duncan Falls, Ohio

87 Syncro GL