<VV> floating fuel gauge needle

[Harry Yarnell]

What does 'floating back and forth' mean?
Usual problems are with the dash ground and/or the tank/sender ground wire.

Harry Yarnell
perryman garage and orphanage
perryman, MD
hyarnell1 at earthlink.net

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Landis, Art MR" <arthur.landis at us.army.mil>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 8:26 AM
Subject: <VV> floating fuel gauge needle


> I'm sure this is a common problem but being a novice please indulge me.  I
> have replaced the fuel sending unit when I refurbished the tank and my
gauge
> was working just fine for a few weeks.  All of a sudden the gauge has
> started floating slowly back and forth and is rarely accurate.  Does this
> sound like the gauge itself has gone bad?
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> 66 sport sedan, 140, PG
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