ringleader
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fuel guage reads full until there is only 1/2 tank and then it reads correctly. amount of gas and range. are these units repairable or is a new sender the only answer?
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Sorry.. it's a wire wound resistor that is tac welded to the fuel pickup tube... just get a new one ( do the fuel pump while your there )
Vig!
Sorry.. it's a wire wound resistor that is tac welded to the fuel pickup tube... just get a new one ( do the fuel pump while your there )
Vig!
JonM
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Get the smelling saltz ready ...that sending unit is
$328.73
Electrical, Chassis Electrical, Senders, fuel Gauge Sending Unit, W/O Zr1 Option
$328.73
Electrical, Chassis Electrical, Senders, fuel Gauge Sending Unit, W/O Zr1 Option
trrgod
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If this is correct then Dave probably can't repair but must replace. Compair the cost with what JonM has quoted here.
If this is correct then Dave probably can't repair but must replace. Compair the cost with what JonM has quoted here.
vigman
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I'm thinking
WRECKING YARD... $50.00 ish W/O pump.
Check it with an OHM meter BEFORE YOU BUY IT!
0 ohms EMPTY ( short..not OPEN)
90 Ohms ( or less than 200 ) full
visually inspect the wiper & the resistor.
and for GODS SAKE..buy a NEW PUMP & PICK UP SOCK.
And IF you get the type with the little plastic cube up by the filler neck... cut that OUT splice & solder and use SHRINK TUBE.
The CUBE is an RF noise eliminator to make AM less noisy ( from the DC pump ). They break..opening the fuel pump circut.. so no pump! ( BAD GM...BAD )
Vig!
WRECKING YARD... $50.00 ish W/O pump.
Check it with an OHM meter BEFORE YOU BUY IT!
0 ohms EMPTY ( short..not OPEN)
90 Ohms ( or less than 200 ) full
visually inspect the wiper & the resistor.
and for GODS SAKE..buy a NEW PUMP & PICK UP SOCK.
And IF you get the type with the little plastic cube up by the filler neck... cut that OUT splice & solder and use SHRINK TUBE.
The CUBE is an RF noise eliminator to make AM less noisy ( from the DC pump ). They break..opening the fuel pump circut.. so no pump! ( BAD GM...BAD )
Vig!
J
JAKEJR
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I bought one from TaberTouch.com for my 86 for $50. Got the entire unit, including pump, sock, etc.
Jake
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I have a 88 Vette and I was going down the road with no indication to what was to come ( In More Ways Than ONE )......The engine just died, no warning....I called a wrecker and it was towed in. The next morning they told me that they forund the problem.....:cry The sending unit had burn't up.....The sending unit cost from a dealer was 640.00 hard earned dollars.....dealer Item only......Four bolts and the sending unit was out and a new one with the fuel pump in it and it was going again.......after I wrote the mech. a check for Pump,labor , tow bill and dealer Item sending unit and tax.........933.00 dollars. I live in Tennessee.....Well that was the story of my criying towell experience.......Happy Motoring.........
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