Date:         Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:07:16 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Fuel Gauge Behavior Changed
Comments: To: Mike S <mikes@flatsurface.com>
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At 04:37 PM 10/20/2009, Mike S wrote:
>Perhaps they changed the sender on later years so it reads more linearly.

They must have.  On my '84 and '85 and '89 the gauges have behaved like this:

Gauge starts above full line. First gauge movement 30-50 miles from full.

Halfway from full line to long line, roughly quarter-tank  fillable.

At long line, bit over half-tank fillable.

At short line, about four gallons remaining.  A bit less maybe?

At top of red, ~2.5 to maybe as little as two gallons left, can't
remember.  Don't think it was as little as 2.0...

At bottom of red, less than half a gallon for sure; they're not kidding.

Maximum achieved fill at least 15.8 on all three.

Yrs,
d