The fuel gauge on my '84 wasserboxer (for a number of years) would only go to about 3/4 when I filled the tank. In the last couple of years it would only go to slightly above 1/2. It finally quit giving any reading at all, and because the temp gauge worked, I figured it must be a "Sender" problem. Well .... I removed the gauge cluster from the dash and loosened the nuts that hold the fuel gauge's terminals to the "Ribbon" circuit, sprayed in some WD-40 and carefully re-tightened the nuts. The gauge not only works again ... it works correctly! A little corrosion (?) goes a long way (but no corrosion was visible). Mike '84 GL. |
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