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I have a working gas gauge! Good news & bad News - How well does your gauge read the proper fuel level? 444-544

posted by  james_a_sousa on  Wed Oct 11 17:14 CST 2006
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Sunday I installed the gas sender that I bouight on ebay. It was listed for a 160 or 140 (I forgot which) but it had the correct number of holes, so I bought it.

It has a higher cap, but fits well.

The good news - It sems to work fine

The bad news - When the needle touches "empty" It is EMPTY! So I ran out of gas! Fortunately, it gave me ample warning that it was running out of gas, so there were no exciting moments - I was on a 6-lane divided highway, but got to the side easilly.

I carry a nice, 6 liter, spart tire gas can, and the car started right up after I put the gas in.

I have to conduct some experiments to see just how well it reads the fuel level. I put 5 gallons in, and it reads almost full.

How accurate is your gauge? Can they be calibrated or adjusted somehow?


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'96 855R,'64 PV544 driver, '67 P1800 basket case, '95 855, '95 854, the first three are mine, heh, heh, 415,000 miles put on 9 bricks






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