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Dead Fuel Gauge
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Dead Fuel Gauge
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Re: Dead Fuel Gauge
As I have said many times on the forum, most electrical problems can be solved by simply cleaning corrosion off wire connection points. So try that first.
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Re: Dead Fuel Gauge
Billm wrote:Source of the post You must first determine if the problem is in the fuel gauge or the sending unit. So open up the instrument panel. Take the wire going into the bad fuel gauge and move it to the good one. You may need to make up a short jumper wire to reach other one. If the problem migrates to the other gauge, then you know the sender is bad. To verify, reverse the test to see that the bad gauge now works,
As I have said many times on the forum, most electrical problems can be solved by simply cleaning corrosion off wire connection points. So try that first.
Thanks Bill! It will be a good 6+ weeks before I can get to her, but I am adding this to my list for spring. Appreciate the advice!
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