Thanks to all who replied to my question regarding a faulty fuel
indication condition.
I especially liked Dan Masters' idea of connecting a 100 ohm resistor
between the leads at the sending unit. I was kind of scared of just
connecting the two leads together with nothing in between (this fear
arose after I checked the price of a new fuel gauge!).
This proved that my wiring was was working and that my gauge was ok. The
100 ohm resistor showed a 1/3 full condition on the gauge. So the
problem had to be in the tank sending unit. When I pulled it out it
turned out that it was seized up! Just with some corrosion like stuff
(my car had sat indoors for 9 years prior to this summer). I just
sprayed some liquid wrench on it to loosen it up and reinstalled. Now
the gauge reads as it used to.
Thanks again everybody!
Peter Zaborski
76 TR6 (CF58310 UO)
Calgary AB Canada
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