<VV> gas gauge

[J R Read_HML]

Have you inspected the connections at the sending unit?  Quite possibly a 
bad ground or broken/loose wire to the gauge.

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Later, JR

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bruce Bacher" <bbacher at insightbb.com>
To: "'VV'" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 8:12 AM
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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