[TR] gas gage

[wbeech at flash.net]

Best gas gauge is the dip stick, approximately 1 gallon per inch, I went a
year this way.

Bill Beecher
'58 TR-3A TS/30766 L (On the road in 2009!)
'59 TR-3A TS/64974 LO (in buckets, for sale... anyone?)
"A Triumph is man's best friend, it always comes when it is called...of
course, some times it is difficult to make it go"

 

-----Original Message-----
From: triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net
[mailto:triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of oliver
Sent: Saturday, June 20, 2009 9:23 AM
To: triumphs at autox.team.net; '6-Pack'
Subject: Re: [TR] gas gage

thanks for all your  responses!  the temp gage appears to work fine, so i
guess its a sending unit problem.  which means i need to pull the tank. 
which is probably more than i want to do here at the hotel <grin>

and all in all, of the four gages (temp, ammeter, oil pressures, and gas
gage), that's probably the least valuable when driving the car.

unfortunately, on  this same trip, somewhat before the gage, the
speedo/odometer also quit working.  i checked the connection at the speedo,
and its ok.  i plan to  disconnect it and see if the cable moves today.  so,
as luck would have it, i have neither odometer nor gas gage.  makes life
fun!!!!!

but i do have a flashlight and a newly acquired "dip stick"

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller at rcn.com>
To: <triumphs at autox.team.net>; "'6-Pack'" <6pack at autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, June 19, 2009 11:18 PM
Subject: Re: [TR] gas gage


> On 19 Jun 2009 at 23:01, oliver wrote:
>
>> the gas gage goes left when i turn the car off, and then goes to 1/4 when

>> i
>> turn the car on.  period.  irrespective of how much gas is in the tank. 
>> just
>> all of a sudden as far as i can tell.
>>
>> what do i look for?  where do i start trouble shooting?
>
> Well, gas goes through the carburettor, right?  And 90% of all
> carburettor problems are electrical.  So your problem is electrical.
> Really.  Maybe a short or a break in the line to the fuel sender,
> though it hard to imagine it being consistent like that.  Maybe poor
> connections?  Could be a busted sender, most likely.
>
> If you pull the wire off the sender does it make any difference in
> the gauge reading?
>
> --  
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