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[Wanted: Parts] t2 speedo fuel guage cluster

jdman

jdman

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August 21, 2011
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wanted a speedo fuel guage cluster for a late bay, my fuel guage shot so need to replace .

contact john 087-2246059
 
Are you sure it's the gauge?
Have you tested the sender and the whatya call it on the back of the gauge?
I might have a spare set of clocks,will have a look in the morning.
 
I am still looking for a fuel guage, i changed the sender still getting hit and miss readings if anyone has one contact me.

087-2246059
 
Did you check the wiring? Replacing the sender is usually last on the list, no?
 
i have a `76 bay with what i think is the same porblem. when its full, it reads full but when it gets to about 3/4 full ..... it falls to empty!
bloody nightmare to be honest but "my man what does" says it is the sender. does the floor not need to come up for this to get to the tank??

viper
 
Re guage

Re guage

i fiited a new loom and fitted a new guage when i manually move the float to full the guage readfs full but as i lower it the reading fall and at half way it vanishes off the guage.
so my conclusion is the guage as all else is new
 
yeah, mine is pretty much the same but i cant get to it manually. mine is a hire vehicle and a bit of a nightmare telling customers to fill every day or 2 but hey, to be expected and to be honest, i think they enjoy that a little ................ well, maybe!!

viper
 
jdman said:
i fiited a new loom and fitted a new guage when i manually move the float to full the guage readfs full but as i lower it the reading fall and at half way it vanishes off the guage.
so my conclusion is the guage as all else is new
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It is possible that the gauge is the fault, but unlikely. Test the sender with a mutimeter on the resistance setting, as you raise the float in a steady and slow movement, the reading should change on the meter in the same steady movement, if not this is the fault, usually a gauge either works or doesn't there is really no inbetween apart from a smooth but inacurate reading eg. too high or too low. Also earth the gauge wire at the sender end and gauge should go up full, and wriggle all wiring to check for a broken wire or bad connection.
 
when You fit a new sender you need to bend the tabs on each side so that when the needle reaches the top of the float doesnt raise any further and the same with needle at the bottom.if this isnt set up propperly the gague wont work properly.

it could just be a dodgy sender though,I fitted a new one last summer and took it out 3 weeks later when the needle started jumping all over the place and the contacts had come loose so I had to bin it and fit another new one.

@viperdown

This was a rental too and I had resorted to telling customers the same thing but if you just take out sender and fiddle with it a bit you can get the reading bang on.Gives you one less thing to have to explain when someone is picking up a bus.
 
i checked the voltage coming out of the sender when it is full the guage is full but when i move the sender to half im getting 5.9v but the guage is reading empty so i figure its the guage
 
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