Chris,
I had the exact same problem with the one I did in the '75 I had. Mine
turned out to be a bad ground. If the wire winding or the contact isn't
broken, it should work OK. Check it with an ohmmeter. You should get
variable impedance when you move the float. That will give you and idea if
it is still functioning.
Gerard
At 8:20 AM -0400 4/5/01, Chris King wrote:
>'79 Midget. I'm trying to see if my fuel sender is still good. When I
>pulled it, the float was stuck, and the dash gauge would read 3/4 tank
>when I turned on the ignition. I've freed the stuck float, and hooked the
>sender back up, grounding it from the flat plate to the chassis. Now I
>don't get any needle movement off of E on the gauge no matter what
>position the float is in. Only two things I can think of: 1. I didn't
>ground the sender rignt, or 2. it's toast.
>
>Did I ground it right?
>
>TIA
>
>-=Chris
>
>
>Chris King - cbking@alum.rpi.edu
>
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