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I bought a "new" gas gauge on ebay for my 1962 C10. It was an exact match to the one already in the truck which constantly flips between empty and full. I installed it turned on the ignition and fried my wiring harness from the gauge to the steering column before I realized what was happening. I need a gas gauge solution or to fix this one. I guess a wiring diagram would help. Any thoughts? The plug that fits onto this gauge is L shaped you can't plug it in wrong, unless I inverted the terminals by accident. Thanks in advance for your comments.

Check for a short in the wiring harness, that is probably what fried the first one.

sometimes we do these things to our selves and wonder why. when working on the gauges it is important to completely remove the pair from the truck so you can be sure to keep the terminals centered and not ground one of them out by accident. how would I know this? in your case and mine we didn't want to remove the oil line. oops curt

Here is a link to a wiring diagram for this truck.

http://www.64moneypit.pages.qpg.com/6066chevytrucks/id37.html

I found a new harness at American Autowire for $58.00

http://shop.americanautowire.com/62chevrolettruckdashinstrumentclusterharness2.aspx

Good info and good thread!