Re: [Amc-list] Fuel gauge - Short?

[Matt Haas <mhaas@xxxxxxx>]

My 67 American did the same thing. I ended up buying a new sending unit 
for it but the real culprit was the float had a hole in it.

Matt

Tom Jennings wrote:
> On Friday 17 August 2007 18:02:20 John Marquardt wrote:
>> I am trying to get the fuel gauge on my 70 Ambo working.  Every once in a
>> while it works, the rest of the time the pointer sits at the bottom. Right
>> now the tank is full so I can't drop the tank easily.    I had a bad
>> sending unit in a javelin and it never would register, so I am thinking
>> that this could be a short.  The wires from the tank look intact.  Is there
>> a suspect area for shorts on the fuel gauge line?  Could the voltage
>> regulator on the dash be the problem?
> 
> It's easy to test -- pull the yellow wire off the sender, or unplug it in the 
> trunk (usually runs throug there with a bullet connector) and GROUND the 
> wire. The guage should read FULL after a few seconds. If so, the gauge and 
> regulator are good, and the sender is bad (likely).
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