Page 3 of 3 FirstFirst 123
Results 21 to 27 of 27

Thread: Fuel guage and sender install

  1. #21
    Join Date
    Jul 2007
    Location
    Rhoadesville, Virginia (five miles from no place)
    Posts
    5,125

    Default

    My truck tends to stay at full a long time, then drop to "E" pretty fast. When I am at around 1/4 tank, and fill up, I generally still have about 4 gallons left in the tank.

    I'm not too sure that the measurements that came with those gauge senders were terribly accurate, but then again, I've never wanted to pull the tank and experiment either. Just about every MV, I've ever owned or had much time with had pretty much the same fuel gauge. It was more of a suggestion than anything.

    Coming from motorcycle world where fuel gauges weren't the norm up until very recently, I have learned to know my vehicle very well and either gauge my fuel with the odometer or the suggestive fuel gauge.
    "Free advice is worth what you pay for it."™

  2. #22

    Default Fuel guage and sender install

    Hmmm ill see if I can mess with it during the week. My gauge is to the max full. And it bugs me.


    Sent from my IPhone5 using Tapatalk
    68 383ls1 4l80e NP241 37s 4:11

  3. #23
    Join Date
    Jul 2007
    Location
    Rhoadesville, Virginia (five miles from no place)
    Posts
    5,125

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by chess View Post
    Hmmm ill see if I can mess with it during the week. My gauge is to the max full. And it bugs me.


    Sent from my IPhone5 using Tapatalk
    You may need to pull the sender and fix the connector on the top where the wire goes from the rheostat in the tank through the top and to the wire leading to the gauge. Also check the tank ground.

    I don't know if I posted it or not, but after about 3 months or so of using that sender in my truck, the insulator on the top stud swelled up and came out of place from the ethanol fuel, grounding the wire and causing the gauge to read the same all the time. It was a cheap rubber insulator. I made a new one from a piece of fiber or bakelite I had laying around and its been fine since.
    "Free advice is worth what you pay for it."™

  4. #24
    Join Date
    Jan 2011
    Location
    Fernandina Beach, FL
    Posts
    3,689

    Default

    Isn't it a shame that you have to re-engineer and repair stuff? What does the manufacturer get paid to do?

    Sorry...

  5. #25
    Join Date
    Jul 2007
    Location
    Rhoadesville, Virginia (five miles from no place)
    Posts
    5,125

    Default

    One word: China.
    "Free advice is worth what you pay for it."™

  6. #26
    Join Date
    Jan 2011
    Location
    Fernandina Beach, FL
    Posts
    3,689

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by randyscycle View Post
    One word: China.
    That is EXACTLY what I was thinking...

  7. #27

    Default Fuel guage and sender install

    I may have come up with a solution I put the truck on the lift and left the ignition on. And dropped the tank and I put a 90 degree bend on the small floater rod. It reads perfect at half tank ill see how it follows it after that.


    Sent from my IPhone5 using Tapatalk
    68 383ls1 4l80e NP241 37s 4:11

Similar Threads

  1. military fuel sender replacement
    By Snuffy in forum Modified Tech
    Replies: 4
    Last Post: April 9th, 2009, 12:51 PM
  2. Fuel Sender Ohms
    By coy1 in forum Stock Tech
    Replies: 1
    Last Post: December 6th, 2008, 06:42 PM
  3. 12 v fuel sender and guage
    By wrecker in forum Modified Tech
    Replies: 3
    Last Post: August 8th, 2008, 12:42 PM
  4. Fuel sender resistance
    By wrecker in forum Modified Tech
    Replies: 8
    Last Post: March 18th, 2008, 10:56 PM
  5. Fuel Gauge Sender
    By Barrman in forum Modified Tech Archives
    Replies: 1
    Last Post: February 12th, 2004, 01:31 PM

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  


Site Upgrade, Design Modifications & Administrative Support by:
Palm River Enterprises LLC, IT Solutions
President: Tom King, User ID=teking
This site is owned and operated by:
M715 Zone, LLC
President: Jon Schmidt, User ID=brute4c


If you have any suggestions, comments, problems or questions, contact:  brute4c@m715zone.com
Use of this site means you understand and agree to our TERMS OF USE

Copyright Notice:
This web site is subject to the protection of the copyright laws of the United States and other countries. Except for Personal Use Only, you may not modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer, or sell any information obtained from any part of the M715 Zone website without the prior written permission of M715 Zone, LLC. Written permission can only be obtained by contacting brute4c@m715zone.com

Copyright 1998-2024