[Healeys] Fuel gauge reading full at all times

Bruce Steele healeybruce at roadrunner.com
Sun Sep 24 17:45:12 MDT 2017


Well, today I took the sender back to the boot and hooked it up to the gauge
wire and the ground, and it works fine as I raise and lower the float.  No
idea why it is working now, but as soon as I get a new gasket I’ll put it
back in the tank and ensure the connections are sound and hope it works in
there.  Weird.

 

Bruce Steele

Brea, CA

1960 BN7

 

From: Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Al Fuller
Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2017 8:00 AM
To: 'Healey List' <healeys at autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Fuel gauge reading full at all times

 

Hey Bruce:

 

It sounds like you still have a gremlin lurking somewhere in the harness


 

Al Fuller

al at bighealey dot org

'65 BJ-8

'85 Rx-7

 

From: Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Bruce
Steele
Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2017 12:18 AM
To: 'Healey List' <healeys at autox.team.net <mailto:healeys at autox.team.net> >
Subject: [Healeys] Fuel gauge reading full at all times

 

After the harness meltdown, which impacted the battery lead to the fuel
gauge, the gauge has read full and there is currently about ¼ in the tank.
The gauge has been checked twice and pronounced OK.  Today I bypassed the
tank-sender wire with a jumper, same result—reading full.  I removed the
sender and bench tested the resistance and got 2 ohms with the float fully
down and around 70 ohms with the float lifted to approximately where it
would be in a full tank.  From what I can find online this is in range.  So
I’m stumped as to why the gauge is reading full.  Thoughts?

 

Bruce Steele

Brea, CA

1960 BN7

 

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