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| | | Joined: May 2011 Posts: 15 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: May 2011 Posts: 15 | The in-dash gauge on my 1950 Chevy PU is a Stewart-Warner. It has the fuel, oil, water temp, and battery gauges in one gauge. The fuel gauge registers FULL when turning on ignition, and 1/2 FULL when turning off. I don't get the correct reading on the gas. I took out the sending unit and it looks to be in good shape, but it also seems to be the original sending unit. Also, the truck is a street rod (12 volt system). Any suggestions?
1950 Chevy 3100 5-Window
1946 Chevy Panel 3/4 Ton
| | | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,983 Master Gabster | | Master Gabster Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,983 | Yes a new sender and check your wiring between sender and gauge. make sure you have a good ground.
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| | | | | Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 89 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 89 | so how do you tell the diff from GM and SW ? (getting ready to do this).
Is there a way to check the dash guage to make sure it works before buying a sending unit?
12v w/aftermarket tank under bed.
it ain't YOURS 'till it ain't stock!
1951 chevy 3100
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2000 Posts: 5,202 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Feb 2000 Posts: 5,202 | You probably can't tell from looking unless you had two side by side. Did you check the link I posted above? It tells the difference between them.
Joe | | | | | Joined: May 2005 Posts: 1,624 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: May 2005 Posts: 1,624 | You can/should do a search in the electrical section of the forums. There you will find several postings on how to check both sender and gauge, how to tell how many ohms your gauge wants to see to read properly. You can even calibrate the gauge if you wish. Neat stuff huh?
Six volt guy living in a twelve volt world
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 452 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 452 | I just finished getting my gas gauge to work (original GM). There should be about 30 ohms across the gauge posts withe the sender disconnected if I remember right. There should be 0 ohms between 1 post and the instrument case, and 30 between the other post and the case. I got wiring diagrams from the Old Car Manual Project.
On the original gauge, if the actual meter gets miss aligned in the case, it can short out... And burn many wires...
And if the gauge is a 6volt version, you need a reducer from your 12 volts or it won't work right.
I had to: Solder a hole in the float, install a voltage reducer and realign the meter in the case.
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