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Fuel gauge always reads full 444-544 1963

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posted by  JohnMc on  Tue Mar 18 02:32 CST 2003
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Worst case - yes. But I'd do a little chacking on the gauge itself first, just to make sure no one has done anything creative witht he wiring there either. The gas gauge has 2 terminals. The positive side is used as a distribution point for various other devices that need a switched positive feed - so there are 3 or 4 (usually red) wires hooked to that side. The other terminal should only have the brown wire that leads to the sender. Before thinking about running a new wire just try unhooking the brown wire at the gauge, and see if that makes the gauge return to empty. If so then there definately is a short somewhere along the wire. If the gauge STILL stays on full when the key is turned on then there is probably some sort of short grounding that terminal somehow, so take the gauge out and give it a look.






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