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Old 21-07-2005, 01:44 AM   #1
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anybody got any guesses as to why, when I connected my fuel sender to guage tonight its given me half a tank of petrol free?

very confusing should i assume that the floats probably just stuck in one place where its never been filled

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is it likely the the specific resistance range for my sender differs to that of my faria guage?
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Old 21-07-2005, 08:37 AM   #2
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Mebbe 'Trio' didn't trim/bend the float lever to give a full sweep from empty to full using all the windings of the sender.
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Old 21-07-2005, 08:44 AM   #3
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Or mebbe they fitted a "euro" resistance sender, which would mean a sender or gauge swap!
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Or mebbe they fitted a "euro" resistance sender, which would mean a sender or gauge swap!

if you need help try wema they make senders in poole broadstone
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Old 21-07-2005, 09:22 AM   #5
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If it uses Smartcraft guages you'll need the "US spec" one from Wema - however if it's a US / Euro cock up it should just read backwards - ie full is empty ............
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I am guessing your sender may need to be adjusted? Its your own fualt for not buying a dip stick sender.
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thats gonna be a laugh...........so how does one remove a sender then?
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Old 21-07-2005, 11:33 AM   #8
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Chaos. Stick an ohmeter between the sender terminal and the housing to give a baseline resistance for empty - should then be able to tell whether it's euro or us, or just bollox.
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Old 21-07-2005, 11:49 AM   #9
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thanks matt
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Old 21-07-2005, 07:34 PM   #10
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Who has a bloody fuel gague on a p21? Get a piece of wood like the rest of us!
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Old 21-07-2005, 07:43 PM   #11
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From what I've seen, he's got so many gauges he'll need a flight engineer.
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Old 21-07-2005, 09:09 PM   #12
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not too far from the truth Matt,

i'm thinking i may keep it as it is....thus adding an element of danger after the fuel level hits half way
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