Re: '77 Spider Fuel Gauge

[spider20@domain.elided (Henrik Johansen)]

Jack,

Thant might not necessarily be the case. My Spider does kinda like the =
same thing, but it only started it a few months ago. Before that it =
worked 'perfectly'. I have not had the sending unit out, but I don't get =
it to show 'full' after a fill up with top up all the way into the tube =
it shows something like 3/4, then works its way down to empty, fast.

Henrik

> I'm presuming that the "never shows full/shows empty with gas left"=20
> is the only symptom. The needle is steady (doesn't jump around) and=20
> works smoothly between the two extremes.
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> If that's the case, then your sender is in backwards. I don't know
> if it's the slope of the tank in the car or what, but the float hangs
> differently depending on which way it's put in the tank. If it's put
> in backwards, there's a bias towards empty meaning, just like you
> describe, the gauge will have a head start towards empty even with
> the tank full, and will get to empty before the tank does.
>=20
> To fix it, just remove the float, roatate it 180 degrees and =
re-install.
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> - Jack

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