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Fuel gauge
Written by goldwingman40 on 8/1/2010 at 11:33 pm

Alfred,
"O" ring seals are some of the easiest to use. The correct repair is adjusting
the rheostat sender, not installing more uneeded electrical
circuits. If you pay attention to what you are doing there is no problem with
removing and reinstalling the sender unit and it is not as riskey as working on
the carbs, which half the new people on this list seem to want to do.
Fred



--- In ipcrc@yahoogroups.com, "Alfred W" <alfred.wams@...> wrote:
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> For a few months I warned against the dangers of removing the sensor from the
tank and told that adjusting the fuel gauge could also be performed by soldering
a resistor of 330 Ohm, from an old radio or bought for only one or two dime in
the shop, over the plug of the sensor near the tank or over the meter behind the
instrument panel. The electrical plug above the sensor is by far most easy to
reach. Connect it, wherever you can, parallel to the wires, shorting them out.
The resistor would have to come with the color code Orange - Orange - Brown,
with Gold or Silver for the tolerance. The resistor must be a 0,25 Watt minimum
and can also be the physically bigger 1/2, 1 or 2 Watt. Do not forget to try it
out first and notice the difference. With thanks to the Dutch PC800 forum.
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> Surprisingly many owners want to do the fuel sensor tweak. Please write a
review when you do it this way or have any ideas on the electrical approach. It
will be much saver avoiding possible gas spill and leakage. Alfred
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