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I got my original fuel gauge working!
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And just how did you manage that? I have been tweaking my fuel/temp gauge for years.
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Dang son get you some tickets
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DaveMueller
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Half luck/half skill?
I think it was mostly sloppy wiring by a PO. Luckily, it didn't work at all instead of shorting to ground and killing the meter. Bare corroded wire wrapped around the sender post, and grounded to a body mount bolt (I didn't know rubber was a conductor).
I replaced the ground wire and put it under a bolt on the skid plate, and replaced the wire from the sender through the floor to the harness.
I had to drop the tank to fix a leak, so I pulled the pickup/sender assembly to check it. The tank and sender don't look 40+ years old, but the mud collected at one small spot between the tank and skid plate and made a tiny hole. While I had the sender out, I pried off the cover and bent a little more tension on the wiper, figuring it didn't work anyways so I couldn't make it worse.
I put a few gallons in the tank and it didn't register so I thought the meter was dead. This morning I filled up on the way to work and noticed when I pulled out that the gauge was almost full.
I think it was mostly sloppy wiring by a PO. Luckily, it didn't work at all instead of shorting to ground and killing the meter. Bare corroded wire wrapped around the sender post, and grounded to a body mount bolt (I didn't know rubber was a conductor).
I replaced the ground wire and put it under a bolt on the skid plate, and replaced the wire from the sender through the floor to the harness.
I had to drop the tank to fix a leak, so I pulled the pickup/sender assembly to check it. The tank and sender don't look 40+ years old, but the mud collected at one small spot between the tank and skid plate and made a tiny hole. While I had the sender out, I pried off the cover and bent a little more tension on the wiper, figuring it didn't work anyways so I couldn't make it worse.
I put a few gallons in the tank and it didn't register so I thought the meter was dead. This morning I filled up on the way to work and noticed when I pulled out that the gauge was almost full.
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I think I got mine working yesterday. I'm so glad I cut a hole in the tub over the sender so I could check the sender without dropping the tank. Maybe it's lottery tickets for both of us.
I now have all gauges working and I have turn signals too. Yipeeee!https://www.jeep-cj.com/forums/images/smilies/beerchug.gif
I now have all gauges working and I have turn signals too. Yipeeee!https://www.jeep-cj.com/forums/images/smilies/beerchug.gif