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Fuel sender repair... fail :-(

Posted: Tue Oct 06, 15 10:05 pm
by db
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 :thumbright:

Posted: Tue Oct 06, 15 10:53 pm
by Mossy68
Is it a Mopar sender ?
If so , perhaps a modified second hand varient ???

No fuel gauge is a pain !!!

Posted: Tue Oct 06, 15 10:57 pm
by Pete
I don't recognise that, Paul...

Posted: Wed Oct 07, 15 6:34 am
by db
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 :?

Posted: Wed Oct 07, 15 5:52 pm
by Steve
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!! :thumbright: :thumbright: :D