Troubleshooting chart for "always empty" on TF gas gauge.
1. Is there gas in the tank? At least half tank?
If not, make it so before proceeding.
2. Remove wire from the sending unit.
3. Turn on the key.
4. If gauge reads FULL go to step 8.
5. If gauge reads EMPTY go to step 10.
6. If gauge reads other than full or
empty, offer to buy me a cold one and
I'll drive down to Webster Saturday
instead of going to the "Wooden Keels
and Classic Wheels" show at the
Lakewood Yacht Club. I'll guarantee
there won't be any OleTrucks there, but
there will be Dusenburgs, Maseratis, etc.
7. Stop.
8. The sending unit is defective or the wire
that is supposed to attach to the sending
unit is attached to somewhere else, like
one of the mounting screws for the sending
unit.
9. Stop.
10. Turn key off.
11. Reconnect wire on sending unit.
12. Remove wire on gauge that goes
to sending unit. Sorry, I don't know
which side of the gauge.
13. Turn on key. If gauge reads FULL go to
step 16.
14. If gauge reads EMPTY either:
a. the gauge is defective
b. the gauge is not receiving 12V
when the key is on
c. the two wires connecting to
the gauge are swapped.
15. Stop.
16. Wire that runs from gauge to sending unit
is shorted to ground somewhere. The easiest
way to fix this is to completely replace the wire.
-----Original Message-----
From: S Culver [mailto:sculver@mcleodusa.net]
Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 2:41 PM
To: oletrucks list
Subject: [oletrucks] Gas gauge
I bought a new sending unit for the '58 Apache, and the gas gauge is still not
working. Hot wire to the empty side, sending unit to the full side. When I
turn the key on, the needle goes from all the way to the left, to the Empty
mark. Please HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks!
Smokey
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