Fuel Guage

Hey, just a question: is it a good thing when your fuel guage fills your speedometer housing with smoke??

anyone know a good, reasonably priced source for a replacement fuel guage???

I needa beer and it aint even noon

 

Kaiser Willys Auto Supply 1-888-648-4923 $35. That's just one, many more out there.

 

sink,
got a used one which worked. if you're interested, make me an offer and add shipping.
12v from a 69-5.\
sorry i hadn't gotten around to uploading these earlier when you asked.
pm me or email.

 

PM'd ya Zed

 

I think I got one that kinda looks like that. HOWEVER! first you have to figure out why the other one released the cloud of smoke. I am guessing that the wire to the sender shorted out. Wait a sec, that can't be it as it would have read "full" Okay, then maybe the regulator inside the gauge shorted to full on, and then the resistor in the gas tank shorted out, and then the gauge released it's cloud of smoke.

Sorry about the gloomy story.... -Hill

 

yeah I'm sure it went something like that, the sender in the tank is toast, gotta find one of those too....

 

I'm in the same boat. I'm pretty sure my guage and sender are toast too. I checked the resistances against what they are supposed to be and almost nothing came out right.

Josh

 

Maybe if we bought in bulk, kinda like Wallymart

 

Fuel guages are over-rated.

 

pm'd ya back sink

 

Oh I got a nice stick, just a little tricky using it while driving...

 

Randy, you need to check the grounding of the gauges and the speedo case. If you lose the ground you lose the constant voltage regulation (CVR). When properly grounded the gauges get about 5V DC. Ungrounded they get a full 12V+ and will smoke. See my page on this at:

http://home.comcast.net/~sday77/binky/repair_gauges.htm

Stan

 

Thanks Stan, good info. that sounds like my problem, unfortunately it does not tell how the cases are supposed to be grounded. i am guessing it is inside the case... :?

 

They are *suppose* to ground via the case. But we know that doesn't always happen....

 

Does anyone run an extra ground wire just for the guages....just to be safe?

 

yes, and on tank sending unit sometimes can't get it to work without it.

 

Well, the verdict is in, my sender is toast as well. anyone gotta spare, working underseat sender, preferably the early type with out tubes in it. must be able to work on 12v system... I have money to trade, not much though...

 

I finally gave up on the original setup and just got a gauge and "universal" sending unit at NAPA. Had to find a place to mount another gauge but other than that it was no problem. Wasn't too much $ and reasonably good quality.
Just an option.