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| Subject: | [TR] Fuel gauge |
| From: | terryrs@comcast.net |
| Date: | Thu, 20 Aug 2015 21:21:45 +0000 (UTC) |
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| Thread-topic: | Fuel gauge |
So, the fuel guage works when I fill the tank. Registers full. Then, right about 3/4ths of a tank left, it wobbles, then drops to zero. Voltage at the sending unit is 12 in and a bit over 4 out. Voltage at the gauge is the same. Both measurements at the 3/4ths level. I would guess that the sending unit is simply a variable resister, somewhat like the heater fan switch. I would think that the resistance wire that the float rides on might be broken at that one particular point. ...Except I'm getting 4 volts being sent to the gauge. Am I right that the gauge is faulty? I don't understand gauges, and why they might malfunction at one particular reading (and all subsequent until the gas tank is empty). Thoughts? Terry Smith, '59 TR3A New Hampshire ** triumphs@autox.team.net ** Archive: http://www.team.net/archive |
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