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General Forums => Air Speed Lounge => Topic started by: ryan68bug on February 08, 2005, 06:53:22 PM

Title: Late Model Fuel Gauge
Post by: ryan68bug on February 08, 2005, 06:53:22 PM

I've literally replaced every component in order to get the fuel gauge in my '70 Bug to work and no soap.  I've even swapped parts between my '68 and the '70 and still no good.  I connected a test light between the sender wire and grounded the test light on the speedo and got a very dim light, whereas the same test on my '68 (with working gauge) had a nice healthy beam from the test light.  Mind you, I've run a new German sender, vibrator/resistor unit and gauge as well, only to no avail.

Anything I might be missing would be greatly appreciated!

Title: Late Model Fuel Gauge
Post by: dannyboy on February 08, 2005, 08:04:06 PM

take a wire, and put it on a known good ground, then ground it to the sender, it it works now, youve got a bad ground on the sender