If your gas gauge is moving then there's hope. My guess would be that your float came off the arm and it's bouncing up and down or the coil on the sender might be shorted. Either way the gauge should still be ok. Remove the wire at the ignition switch that goes to the gauge and investigate further. You could get Scott's to mail resistors to you. Should only take 2 days. Have you ever dealt with Gary Automotive? He quoted me $37.63 for the resistor coil. He knows every part number on everything back to the 1930'S and he's always cheapest. All auto parts stores in the province use him to track down old stuff. My truck is a 1952 1300 Chev. I'm closing in on finishing a 3 year frame off resto. It's fully assembled and I'm now blocking it out for paint. Don't have a recent picture but I took lots along the way. I can e-mail you some of panel replacement etc. if you want.

Curt B.

1952 1300 Canadian 1/2 ton restomod
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