Dan,
On the fuel gauge, my guess would be a short to ground somewhere between the
gauge and the sender. Since the sender varies resistance depending on fuel
level - with higher resistance empty / lower resistance full - a ground
short of the wire to the sender would peg the guage at full.
Mark Sedlack
OROC
Cuyahoga Falls OH
66 1600 http://home.neo.rr.com/mark2000/images/datsun1600/
77 280Z http://home.neo.rr.com/mark2000/Myz.jpg
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Neff" <neffster189@yahoo.com>
To: "Roadster Listgroup" <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 1:12 PM
Subject: read end, archives, gauge problem..
> Greetings,
>
> Rear end: I'm getting a pretty good whine out of my rear end above 35
> mph. Don't think it's u-joints -- at least every other car I've owned,
> u-joints vibrate when they're going. No vibration, just whine. Any idea's
> what a rebuilt or (preferably) used 2L rear end would cost? Is it a
> reasonable idea to have it rebuilt locally? Leaning towards used/swap;
> my torsion bar bracket is not attached to the axle! While it makes for a
> nice ride for long trips, I doubt if it's a good thing to have it banging
> the axle on bumps..
>
> Archives: what's going on with the archives? I used to get 'em from
> www.listquest.com or www.escribe.com, and they both seem to be gone!
> www.team.net/www/archives.html doesn't seem to have any roadster stuff
> there.. Cripes, if we don't have ANY archives any more, maybe I'll see
> if our web host will let me build them on our website.. If so, anybody
> know where I can GET (all) the history/archives/digests?
> If I had archives:
>
> Gauge: working on a buddy's roadster. Fuel gauge stuck on Full, Temp
> gauge intermittent, usually Cold. Seems like somebody once upon a time
> mentioned a resistor between the 2 that could fail? Could I get more
> info on it, like WHERE IS IT?! And what's the replacement spec?
>
> thanks,
> dan neff '69 2000
> colorado springs, co
> http://www.wycroc.org
>
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