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Date:         Sat, 29 Jul 2006 07:26:29 -0700
Reply-To:     Geo & Kathleen Hahn <ahwahnee@CYBERTRAILS.COM>
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From:         Geo & Kathleen Hahn <ahwahnee@CYBERTRAILS.COM>
Subject:      Re: Different Gas Gauge Question
In-Reply-To:  <bfb5ccc40607282038o62e54c09xf9b186c558e86083@mail.gmail.com>
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Old Volks Home wrote:

> Ah yes, the venerable, typical, inaccurate Vanagon Gas Gauge. The > calibration between the sender and the gauge is perhaps the worst of > any VW model made.

Thanks. Guess you just go with whatever experience tells you is your gauge's meaning.

I did a capacitor replacement on my analog clock (now works great) and managed to bump the gas gauge needle off of its little springy-bob. Got it all back together but now it reads higher than before -- have to drive about 40 miles before the needle starts to move -- but I actually like that better because it seems more accurate &/or meaningful at the low end where the info is more important.

Still better than the yardstick I used for years to check the fuel level in my Triumph.

Geo H

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