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| | | | Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 92 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 92 | I have converted to 12 volt with my 283...I hooked up the gas gauge thru a voltage reducer but it still wont go up passed about 1/8 of a tank. I know I have at least 5 gal. of gas in it. Shouldn't it read more? Virg | | | | | Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,464 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,464 | Virg; It sounds a little low, but if it's off, better to be on the low side than reading more than you've got in the tank!! Why don't you bite the bullet, mortgage the farm, and go down and fill 'er up and see what it reads then. | | | | | Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,029 Member | | Member Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,029 | You did put the voltage reducer on the power feed to the gauge and not between the tank and the gauge, right? | | | | | Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 92 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 92 | Yes i put the voltage ruducer on the power side also I put 5 more gal of gas in and it still wont go up over about 1/8 of a tank. I pulled the float and it looked good ( the new tank and float were in the truck when I bought it by the way)...I put a yard stick in to measure how much gas was in it and it looked to be about 1/4 of a tank. Dont know what else to do....Virg | | | | | Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,464 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,464 | Virg; when you pulled the float, did you check it against the guage? You can run a clip lead to ground the sender, turn the key on, and move the float lever up and down, the guage should follow the sender movement. If you have an ohm meter, disconnect the wire going to the guage and read the resistance from full to empty, it should read 0 ohms at empty, 30 ohms at full. If this checks out, the sender is good, and the faulty reading is coming from the guage itself. | | | | | Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,029 Member | | Member Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,029 | Do you have a good ground to the case of the gauge? | | | | | Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 595 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 595 | Originally posted by Baldy:
Do you have a good ground to the case of the gauge? WHAT HE SAID, VERY IMPORTANT! | | |
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