Date:         Sat, 16 Mar 2002 03:07:06 -0500
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: fuel guages woes
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At 04:38 PM 3/15/2002, Ken Sid wrote:
>I'm having trouble with the fuel guage in the 85gl I bought about two
>months back.
>It seems to work fine from full down to1/4 tank then anything below that
>what seems to happen is that the guage will work now and then, I'll be
>driving and it will come up or sometimes it'll drop to the bottom. If I
>add fuel to the tank and it comes above 1/4 tank then the gauge reads fine
>and does not falter until it gets below 1/4 tank.... then the problem
>repeats.  I have removed the cluster and checked all the connections where
>the cluster plugs into the wiring harness, this did help --

The only thing that changes when you fill the tank is the position of the
sender float arm.  You have a worn-out sender, sorry.

david


David Beierl - Providence, RI
  http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
'85 GL "Poor Relation"