> Yep, that was me. I'd checked the wiring, the voltage stabiliser and the > sender and couldn't work it out. Even the gauge seemed to work OK when I > tested it on the bench. As a last resort I took it apart (needs a delicate > touch) and found what looked like carbon on the coil in there. I scraped it > off with a knife and it's worked fine since. > > Andy E. > > A.C.Erskine@lut.ac.uk > > Maybe You can help me with mine then.. I replace the float on mine, replaced the fuel gauge and voltage stablizier, and still refuses to work.. but, if I take the float out of the tank and ground the top of the sender, I can make it work just fine.. So I figured, bad ground, right? So I did the same thing when it was in the tank, and still wouldn't work.. It would just always read full... :( Can you help me? --Kris kbrzesc@pb.net
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