Date:         Thu, 19 Oct 2006 20:19:05 -0500
Reply-To:     Jim Felder <felder@KNOLOGY.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jim Felder <felder@KNOLOGY.NET>
Subject:      Re: fuel sender: replace with tank?
Comments: To: Geo & Kathleen Hahn <ahwahnee@CYBERTRAILS.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <453812AF.9010109@cybertrails.com>
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So, to what do you attribute this accidental recalibration,
improvement of electrical connections? Just getting things loosened
up through reassembly?

How did you get down to the "spring thingy?" I've got two extra
clusters for my diesel vanagon, one is dead on and one is 1/3 off.
I'd like to try to fix the one that's off since if I mess it up, I
have a spare. The one that's in the car now is in very very nice
shape (no missing ears, etc.) but the gas gauge runs into the red
about 1/8 tank too soon and I'd like to either swap it out with the
good one or repair it. Either way I'd like to know what's involved
getting it out.

Let me know your experience of you can recall it.

Thanks,

Jim
On Oct 19, 2006, at 7:05 PM, Geo & Kathleen Hahn wrote:

> Jim Felder wrote:
>
>> ...Changing out the gas gauge looks to be a good bit more complex,
>> but
>> I can't say that
>> I've done it.
>
>
> The gas gauge can be re-calibrated... I did it inadvertently when I
> replaced the capicitors in the analog clock.  The spring thingy popped
> off and the gas gauge fell apart.  I got it all back together and
> amazingly it is much more accurate/meaningful than before (was
> previously reading 'red zone' way too soon).
>
> Geo
>
>
>
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Jim Felder
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