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mickphatmac
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Joined: Fri Mar 16, 2012 10:26 am Posts: 1810 Images: 14 Location: Evans,CO
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Onto electrical issues with fuel gauge
Are the two wires on top of sending unit, gas tank interchangeable? I bought a 23 gallon gas tank from a member here and it works awesome!!!
It has a Black wire and a Blue wire coming out of the sending unit and when I first installed it I used the black wire as the ground and the blue wire runs up to the fuel gauge.
Even with a full tank of gas it read empty. We were messing around with it this weekend and ran the black wire to the fuel gauge and put the blue wire as the ground and it jumped!!! it pegged all the way Full.
I was wondering if that might be a true reading or whether connecting it backwards gives it a seizure!! ;)... Or might have just had it backwards to begin with!?!?
_________________ 1968 3.5" Lift on 31's Front serpentine belt ViperBuilt 4x4x2 PS C4 '66 Speedo '66 Horn Button- STROPPE goodies: Steering Wheel, Roll Bar, Cactus Smasher SOLD :(1972 Explorer Sport - '66 Eyebrow Grill - '66 Speedometer - Stroppe Steering Wheel - Stroppe RollBar - ViperBuilt C4
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Viperwolf1
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Re: Onto electrical issues with fuel gauge
If it's connected backwards it will peg the gauge. So the other way was correct and something is wrong with the float or sender.
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Sun Aug 09, 2020 8:56 am |
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mickphatmac
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Joined: Fri Mar 16, 2012 10:26 am Posts: 1810 Images: 14 Location: Evans,CO
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Re: Onto electrical issues with fuel gauge
Thanks Phil
as always with Broncos (or mine at least).... Well Crap!
Probably has a good 18 or 20 gallons in it so I’ll try running it around a little bit before I drop the tank.
Any suggestions on a good 23 gallon sending unit that won’t break the bank!?
_________________ 1968 3.5" Lift on 31's Front serpentine belt ViperBuilt 4x4x2 PS C4 '66 Speedo '66 Horn Button- STROPPE goodies: Steering Wheel, Roll Bar, Cactus Smasher SOLD :(1972 Explorer Sport - '66 Eyebrow Grill - '66 Speedometer - Stroppe Steering Wheel - Stroppe RollBar - ViperBuilt C4
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Eck
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Joined: Thu Oct 25, 2012 9:33 pm Posts: 2460
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Re: Onto electrical issues with fuel gauge
Fuel Sending Unit - 23 gallon tank https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink/topic? ... source=appSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
_________________ 69 Wagon, 351W, Explorer EFI & Serpentine, ZF5, 35" tires, 3.5 SL, 2 BL, WARN 8274
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mickphatmac
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Re: Onto electrical issues with fuel gauge
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_________________ 1968 3.5" Lift on 31's Front serpentine belt ViperBuilt 4x4x2 PS C4 '66 Speedo '66 Horn Button- STROPPE goodies: Steering Wheel, Roll Bar, Cactus Smasher SOLD :(1972 Explorer Sport - '66 Eyebrow Grill - '66 Speedometer - Stroppe Steering Wheel - Stroppe RollBar - ViperBuilt C4
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Eck
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Re: Onto electrical issues with fuel gauge
Hmm- worked for me in the app so must not translate to Safari. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
_________________ 69 Wagon, 351W, Explorer EFI & Serpentine, ZF5, 35" tires, 3.5 SL, 2 BL, WARN 8274
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Sun Aug 09, 2020 9:23 pm |
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mickphatmac
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Joined: Fri Mar 16, 2012 10:26 am Posts: 1810 Images: 14 Location: Evans,CO
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Re: Onto electrical issues with fuel gauge
_________________ 1968 3.5" Lift on 31's Front serpentine belt ViperBuilt 4x4x2 PS C4 '66 Speedo '66 Horn Button- STROPPE goodies: Steering Wheel, Roll Bar, Cactus Smasher SOLD :(1972 Explorer Sport - '66 Eyebrow Grill - '66 Speedometer - Stroppe Steering Wheel - Stroppe RollBar - ViperBuilt C4
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Jesus_man
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Joined: Thu Nov 11, 2010 10:36 am Posts: 5984 Location: California
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Re: Onto electrical issues with fuel gauge
Let me know if you get this sorted out! I put a new sending unit in my tank and my gauge still reads empty.
_________________ 1973 Bronco, 351 SEFI, Locked, discs, 35's ZF-5spd and Atlas 4spd. 235:1 Crawl Ratio. It may be ugly, but it's slow. http://www.ucora.org
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mickphatmac
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Re: Onto electrical issues with fuel gauge
_________________ 1968 3.5" Lift on 31's Front serpentine belt ViperBuilt 4x4x2 PS C4 '66 Speedo '66 Horn Button- STROPPE goodies: Steering Wheel, Roll Bar, Cactus Smasher SOLD :(1972 Explorer Sport - '66 Eyebrow Grill - '66 Speedometer - Stroppe Steering Wheel - Stroppe RollBar - ViperBuilt C4
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Eck
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Re: Onto electrical issues with fuel gauge
Mick- sent you a PM. Here is a pretty good video on how you can check for functionality of both the gauge and sending unit. I’d also obviously check that the wires between the two are not causing the issue. https://youtu.be/z4c8_NnBW4sSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
_________________ 69 Wagon, 351W, Explorer EFI & Serpentine, ZF5, 35" tires, 3.5 SL, 2 BL, WARN 8274
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Kinder
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Re: Onto electrical issues with fuel gauge
The 23 gal tank sending units are notorious for not reading correctly out of the box. We recently cut an access panel into TFBs bed so we can start messing with it in the truck. Plus it’ll allow access in the future for upgrades or repairs.
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phyler
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Re: Onto electrical issues with fuel gauge
Saw this over at CB: https://classicbroncos.com/forums/showt ... p?t=303479Sent from my Pixel 2 using Tapatalk
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Tue Aug 11, 2020 9:40 am |
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Jesus_man
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Re: Onto electrical issues with fuel gauge
That looks like a nice unit! When the time comes, I wonder if he could make one a few inches shorter when I replace my tank??
_________________ 1973 Bronco, 351 SEFI, Locked, discs, 35's ZF-5spd and Atlas 4spd. 235:1 Crawl Ratio. It may be ugly, but it's slow. http://www.ucora.org
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mickphatmac
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Joined: Fri Mar 16, 2012 10:26 am Posts: 1810 Images: 14 Location: Evans,CO
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Re: Onto electrical issues with fuel gauge
_________________ 1968 3.5" Lift on 31's Front serpentine belt ViperBuilt 4x4x2 PS C4 '66 Speedo '66 Horn Button- STROPPE goodies: Steering Wheel, Roll Bar, Cactus Smasher SOLD :(1972 Explorer Sport - '66 Eyebrow Grill - '66 Speedometer - Stroppe Steering Wheel - Stroppe RollBar - ViperBuilt C4
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