LTB a Fuel Gauge Sending Unit
Hey mangs, my fuel gauge is not very helpful these days.
It always used to go way up past full and stay there for a long time, probably until it was between 3/4 and 1/2 full, then drop fairly quickly after that. I was used to it as it was like it the whole time I owned the car.
Since I replaced the fuel tank back in May or June, the needle stays way up past full (vertical) until the tank is almost empty, then hunts around for a little while before settling down on empty. I can roughly guess how much petrol I have based on kilometers driven since the fill up, but the car isn't consistent enough on fuel to totally trust that.
Does anyone here have a fuel gauge sending unit they are willing to part with? I have been searching high and low for one and it seems to be made from unobtainium. Dealers are telling me it's an obsolete part. I did find one on a website but the price was a bit rich for my blood, like over $200 plus taxes and shipping.
Keep in mind, this car is an '88 with the fuel gauge sender separate from the fuel pump and is located in the front of the fuel tank. If I had my time back, I would have ordered a tank with pump/sending unit in one from a later model car and installed that instead of the two different units.
Even if you don't have one in your possession, if you find one at a JY and could be so kind as to pluck it out for me and send it, I'll pay for it and the shipping so long as it's not a ridiculous price.
Thanks in advance mangs.
Hey mangs, my fuel gauge is not very helpful these days.
It always used to go way up past full and stay there for a long time, probably until it was between 3/4 and 1/2 full, then drop fairly quickly after that. I was used to it as it was like it the whole time I owned the car.
Since I replaced the fuel tank back in May or June, the needle stays way up past full (vertical) until the tank is almost empty, then hunts around for a little while before settling down on empty. I can roughly guess how much petrol I have based on kilometers driven since the fill up, but the car isn't consistent enough on fuel to totally trust that.
Does anyone here have a fuel gauge sending unit they are willing to part with? I have been searching high and low for one and it seems to be made from unobtainium. Dealers are telling me it's an obsolete part. I did find one on a website but the price was a bit rich for my blood, like over $200 plus taxes and shipping.
Keep in mind, this car is an '88 with the fuel gauge sender separate from the fuel pump and is located in the front of the fuel tank. If I had my time back, I would have ordered a tank with pump/sending unit in one from a later model car and installed that instead of the two different units.
Even if you don't have one in your possession, if you find one at a JY and could be so kind as to pluck it out for me and send it, I'll pay for it and the shipping so long as it's not a ridiculous price.
Thanks in advance mangs.
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