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| | | | Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 24 Apprentice | | Apprentice Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 24 | I've read that the fuel gauge needs to be grounded. What's the best way to ground the fuel gauge? | | | | | Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,708 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,708 | bobshollow,
Your profile says you have a '53 rig. If this is correct the gauge case itself grounds the gauge in the dash assembly. No further wire or bonding would be necessary.
This isn't necessarily true with the tank and sending unit though. These must have a ground...somehow, whether it be through casual contact between the tank and the body, or through a wire from sending unit mounting screw to a good frame or body ground.
Stuart
Last edited by atomarc; 02/29/2008 7:31 PM.
| | | | | Joined: Jan 1970 Posts: 365 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jan 1970 Posts: 365 | I was having lots of problems with the fuel gauge/sender on my 51 half ton. I ended up going to NAPA and getting a two conductor wire (black and red) with a gray outer sheath. The red wire was my sender wire and the black wire was the ground wire. I used a star washer to make sure I had a good connection at the sender and terminated the other end on the gauge cluster.
I now have a fuel gauge that reads accurately and consistantly. | | |
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