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#786983 10/07/2011 9:49 PM
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Looked thru several pages on this issue and found no answers, so please be patient with me. I had my gas tank repaired by TankRenu. They applied a "plastic/rubber" coating inside and out, except where filler neck, sending unit, and supply line attaches. I bought a new sending unit from JC. Before installing the unit to tank, I attached sending unit wire and turned on the ignition switch - gauge went to full with float at empty position. I touched sending unit to seat riser and gauge read empty. So I installed unit to tank and attached a ground wire from unit flange to bare surface on seat riser. I figgerd all was good at that point, finished the install. I put a couple gallons gas in the tank and headed to gas station to gas up - and gauge is stuck on empty. I notice when I turn on ignition, needle on gauge will jump from "nothing" to the "E" mark on gauge - but will not move past that. Do I need to ground at a different location? Any advice would be great.

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I decided to investigate this issue today - and I feel so stoopid. With the seat removed, gauge works perfect. Turns out one of the metal seat rails on bottom of seat was touching the post connection on sending unit! Anyway - problem has been solved. Whew - I hate to make simple mistakes like that.


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