Fuel sender repair... fail :-(

db · Post by db » Tue Oct 06, 15 10:05 pm

So the Truk hasn't had a working fuel gauge for, well, ever.
I'm fed up of it now, so though I'd buy a sender.
When I eventually found one and it was over £100, I thought I'd try to fix the old one!
I worked out that the variable resistor contacts have worn away. My fix was to move the thing closer to the pivot so the slider ran on the unworn part. I glued it into place and it looked ok. It was tricky to test but it ran from 23-154 ohms.
I pressed it back together and it immediately stopped working.
It did this a few times til I gave up and came in to sulk and drink cider. Bloody bloody bloody!

Options are- bite the bullet and fork out the £100 (unlikely)
Put up with no fuel gauge again (not keen)
Find a variable resistor bit from somewhere and Bananarama! together

Mossy68 · Post by **Mossy68** » Tue Oct 06, 15 10:53 pm

Is it a Mopar sender ?
If so , perhaps a modified second hand varient ???

No fuel gauge is a pain !!!

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Tue Oct 06, 15 10:57 pm

I don't recognise that, Paul...

db · Post by db » Wed Oct 07, 15 6:34 am

I think it's been bodged before. This sender unit is sorta wedged onto the pickup pipe so may be from something else. Which also means the resistance range could be wrong

Steve · Post by **Steve** » Wed Oct 07, 15 5:52 pm

bite the bullet matey...you will be faffing with that forever then end up buying one anyway. You've sold a few bit recently, just recycle the cash!!