[TR] Lying Fuel Gauge

[John Wise]

My dowel-pin dip-stick fuel gauge works fine, 3very time I use it!  :-)

John

On  15 Oct, 2012, at 3:16 PM, William Pugh <anabil007 at comcast.net> wrote:

> Why can't these "simple" machines, just be "simple" to fix?
>
> 	1957 TR3, the fuel gauge is lying on me b& claims to be FULL, but the
engine
> said "EMPTY" !  If the float had sunk it should say empty b& right?
>
> If you remove the hot (green) wire the gauge should read empty??   Still
reads
> full.  Correct voltage to the green wire.  So b& must be a faulty sensor ??
>
> Innocent minds would like to know before we start ordering parts.
>
>
> Thanks for your time b&
>
>
>
> "Life is too short to drive boring cars"
>
> Bill Pugh
> 1957 TR3 "Casper"p;
> TS16765L
> Wallace, CA
> anabil007 at comcast.net
>
> ** triumphs at autox.team.net **
>
> Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html
> Archive: http://www.team.net/archive
> Forums: http://www.team.net/forums
> Unsubscribe/Manage:
http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/triumphs/tr3a.60@gmail.com

John Wise
Ormond Beach, FL

1960 TR3A
http://wisegroupllc.org/_/TR3A.html

1977 Porsche 911S ('86 3.2 engine)
http://wisegroupllc.org/_/Porsche.html