I just put in a new vibrator, but the sender got melted too. Dropped the engine this morning, put in a friends's Bus Depot brand new sender which wouldn't fit without some dremelling of the slots, and the gauge will not go above 1/2, period.Ronin10 wrote: ↑Wed May 16, 2018 1:57 pmTsk, tsk, tsk. Are you sure it was an "accident" and not some other lingering, possibly age-related issue? Do you remember futzing with my fuel gauge wiring last summer? I got the false full tank reading too and ran out of gas on the way to work as a result of the same miscue. Fuel gauge was dead as a door nail as well.
Maybe this is simply some small measure of cosmic compensation for your "remote disable device."
I didn't do any gnat-level surgery on my bad vibrator, but when I replaced it with a spare from the shelves, the fuel gauge came back to life.Amskeptic wrote:Finally took the vibrator apart. Oh yes, burnt windings around the heater with a horrendously thin connection at the board. Wire busted clean loose when I tested it for mechanical integrity.
Vibrator calibration is off, sender calibration is off, life scheduling is off.
Colin