<VV> gas gauge

[Bruce Bacher]

Well I'll be hornswaggled!  I was just asking about this!

I had no idea...  RTFM!!!


-----Original Message-----
From: Western Canada CORSA [mailto:westerncanadacorsa at shaw.ca] 
Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 8:45 AM
To: 'Bruce Bacher'; 'VV'
Subject: RE: <VV> gas gauge

>From the Virtual Vairs Archieve at www.virtualcorvairclub.com .   It's a
great resource, let's use it!

<snip>
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1998 22:06:01 -0600

From: Larry and Marybeth Claypool <tatra at urbancom.net>

To: Marc Bernatti <merlgwen at juno.com>

Re: <VV> Sender/Gauge/Turn Signal/Back up, pick up?



Marc Bernatti wrote:

>

> After cleaning the gas tank and re installing it, the gas gauge went way,

> way past full and stayed there as long as the ignition was on. I replaced

> the sender assembly with another used one that I had and it "worked" for

> a while and then went to full.



presume you have checked the senders with an ohm meter to verify you are

getting 0 ohms empty and 90 full(+ - 3-4)?

if the senders checked out you probably have a bad cluster ground,

tighten the screw at the bottom edge of the instrument cluster that is

the first one to the left of the steering column.
<end snip>

Regards,
Joel

-----Original Message-----
From: virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org
[mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org]On Behalf Of Bruce Bacher
Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 6:13 AM
To: 'VV'
Subject: <VV> gas gauge


My '65 Corsa's gas gauge quit working this past Monday.  It's pegged at way
past Full, and hasn't budged in days.

I'm having trouble finding any info on gas gauges.  The Tech Guide talks
about repairing a sending unit, but I want to determine whether the problem
is in the gauge itself before I move on to more difficult things.

Can someone tell me how to test the gauge?  I have a multi-meter, and I'm
guessing that testing it will entail the use of the meter - but I haven't
pulled it out yet to see what kind of contacts it has on it, and I don't
want to break it by giving it the wrong kind of signal.

Any tricks I should know about getting it out of the dash?

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