My fuel gauge is not working. I have jacked the car up and checked the wires/connections to the tank, and they all seem ok. Checked the power-in cable with a voltmeter and this shows up to about 11v (seems to float up and down for some reason). Plugged the power-in connector on to the power-out connection on the sender, and the gauge went up well above the "full" level.
Surmise from this that (a) the power out connector/wire is redundant, because it must earth to the sender/tank/body directly, and (b) the sender unit, rather than the fuel gauge, is faulty.
I see that Wadhams has fuel sender units, but the reviews indicate that these are not exactly OEM, and you may need to do a bit of work to get to fit.
Is the fuel sender unit repairable, and is it at all likely that the problem is just the float? I saw someone post that there was some info here relating to repair, but could not find it.
Gauge not working after car had a 25 year lay-up, was working previously.
Also, fuel reserve tap is leaking – which I take to be the often reported o-ring. Again I see that Wadhams has this part, but I would like to get it a bit sooner than a week's time (not so bothered about the sender). Does anyone know the original part number, or whether some standard size, fuel resistant o-ring would fit (that I can perhaps get locally)?
Thanks.
Surmise from this that (a) the power out connector/wire is redundant, because it must earth to the sender/tank/body directly, and (b) the sender unit, rather than the fuel gauge, is faulty.
I see that Wadhams has fuel sender units, but the reviews indicate that these are not exactly OEM, and you may need to do a bit of work to get to fit.
Is the fuel sender unit repairable, and is it at all likely that the problem is just the float? I saw someone post that there was some info here relating to repair, but could not find it.
Gauge not working after car had a 25 year lay-up, was working previously.
Also, fuel reserve tap is leaking – which I take to be the often reported o-ring. Again I see that Wadhams has this part, but I would like to get it a bit sooner than a week's time (not so bothered about the sender). Does anyone know the original part number, or whether some standard size, fuel resistant o-ring would fit (that I can perhaps get locally)?
Thanks.