[Roadsters] Datsun-roadsters Digest, Vol 8, Issue 146

Fri Sep 2 14:20:29 MDT 2016

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> From: Charles Hubbard <charlie at hubco.com>
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> Subject: Re: [Roadsters] Fuel gauge sender rebuild
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> Thanks for the tip.  Yes, it is a unique part for that year 1964. Does the
> resistor wire that Nissan used have some sort of coating.  I ask because I
> saw a write-up for a VW bus where they were re-winding their sender.  It
> said that the windings can't touch. Their example had much bigger wire,
> used epoxy to hold the windings in place and had a few millimeters of
> spacing between windings.
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> Charlie Hubbard
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> From: Pat Horne [mailto:patintexas at icloud.com]
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> Subject: Re: [Roadsters] Fuel gauge sender rebuild
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> Charlie,
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> The wire is not copper, but a resistance wire. I think it is only
> connected on one end. I suppose the wiper is grounded. I am not familiar
> w/1500s so it may be different. You should be able to measure the
> resistance of a length of the wire, convert it to ohms/foot & find some
> replacement. Is the sender different from the 1600 sender?
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> Peace,
> Pat
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> On Sep 1, 2016, at 1:20 PM, Charles Hubbard via Datsun-roadsters <
> datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net<mailto:datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net>>
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> Has anyone ever rebuilt the copper winding on a 1964 1500 fuel gauge?  The
> wire from the winding broke off my tank sender.  I ended up soldering it
> back onto the windings and believe that it used to be a solid strand of
> copper from end to end.  Since the winding is the connection between the
> ground and the gauge, I do not believe that the long end of the winding
> grounds to the housing.  The 1500 is a positive ground and grounding the
> wire from the gauge pegs it full.  Unlike later years, there is no resistor
> between the sender and the gauge on a 1500.  A dab of solder now goes
> across sever of the windings.  The most that the gauge will  show now is
> 1/2 full.  At least it's not showing 1/2 empty!  ;-)
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> Any ideas on how to go about this and what wire to use would be
> appreciated.
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> Respectfully,
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> Charlie Hubbard
> 1964 SPL310 1500
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