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Fuel Gauge(s) Acting Oddly 140-160 1972

posted by  nockenwellenrad on  Fri May 8 12:58 CST 2009
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Hi Folks

I have both a '70 and '72 142 and both fuel gauges behave badly in exactly the same way: they read fine while full, but after you use about a quarter-tank or so the gauge just dives towards empty.

Is this a chronic sender or gauge problem that anyone has seen before?

Many thanks,

Jim
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