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[Charles Nelson]

When The car is off the gauge reads full. When I turn on the ignition it reads 1/2 full. Unplugging the connection it goes to full. Using the ground wire suggestion it goes to empty.  I was unable to shake the car enough to get a good sloshing of gas in the tank because the car is on jacks. Does this information help with diagnosing what I should have on hand?
Thanks
Trey

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> On Jan 7, 2015, at 10:09 PM, Frank DuVal via Novacc-list <novacc-list at corvair.org> wrote:
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> Unplug the connection on the tank. I think it will be a brown or tan wire with a rubber boot over the connection.
> 
> Does the gauge still read half full, or does it go to full or empty?
> 
> Connect the terminal on the end of the brown wire to ground with another wire. Does the gauge now read opposite of the above test (terminal connected to nothing)?
> 
> Measure the resistance of the tank unit by attaching one lead of the ohmmeter to the terminal (stud) and the other lead to ground on the car. Read the resistance. Shake the car and see if the resistance changes with the fuel sloshing. If no change, the tank is empty or the sender is bad.
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> Frank DuVal
> 
>> On 1/7/2015 7:57 PM, Charles Nelson via Novacc-list wrote:
>> I would like to work on my '62 gas guage. It gives an improper reading. When it is off, it reads full. When on it reads half full.  With that in mind I would like some suggestions as to what to have on hand to help fix it so that I can get it before the meeting.  Any suggestions would be welcome.
>> Thanks 
>> Trey Nelson
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