Guys its been really trying, to fix this problem, and I thank all that participated (reading or offering suggestions) but this is a lot of effort for such a simple circuit and for something that was suppose to work out of the box. The sender and gauge was purchased from the same individual and will be sent back to them to troubleshoot. I believe this is a gauge problem and nothing more. The original gauge that was in its place prior to the refurb of the cluster worked just fine. When I received the refurb gauge/cluster I got these same indications on the original sender. I replaced the sender with a new one and had the same indications again. Have checked hot and ground and by passed it all by taking everything out and bench testing it with the same results. Whew again thanks for all the help and your time, HUGH