I've got a new tank and an NOS sender in my wagon and the gauge still didn't work. I'll have to crawl back under the tank and jiggle some wires and see if that's where the problem is. My Eagle did the same thing.
AMC74HORNET@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
Hey Brad you got a fuel gauge problem on your wagon? The fuel gauge
problem on my yellow Hornet was simple to fix when I put it back on the
road 7 years ago. It was the fuel tank sender. Not cheap but I got a NOS
one from Kennedy American for around 80$ I think back then. First thing
to check is to see if the ground on the sender to the chassis is good.
Usually the connection on the sender corrodes away. Next an easy way to
check if the sender is good is to ground the power side of the sender to
the chassis with the ignition key on. If the gauge goes past the full
mark off the scale the sender is good and all the wiring from the gauge
back. Most original 30+ year old senders are shot. My problem as with
these tests on the orange Hornet say's the sender (an NOS one) and
wiring from the gauge back is good. With the dash apart I will now
start
to trouble shoot the gauge itself and associated wiring to the gauge.
With a 3,000$ new interior I am not carrying a 3'--3/8" wooden dowel
marked so I can stick the tank to see how much fuel is in the tank. Oh I
also have brand new later 22 gallon tanks in both cars. When I find the
solution I will post it here. Since the temp gauge works fine that means
that the inst. gauge regulator on the back of the gauge printed board is
still good. It works both the fuel and temp gauge.
"Doc"
To: BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
From: Bradley Jones <wagonmasterx5@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 11:58:50 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [BaadAssGremlins] Hey Doc
Hey Doc, did you ever find the cure for the fuel guages on the Hornets??
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