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Old 04-23-2015, 04:39 PM
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so my 93 came with auto meter gauges, volts, oil psi, water temp, tach and fuel level...tehy all work except the fuel level..

now i was already reading that the ohms is different and that i can get resistors to correact the issue...i do not mind if its a little off but what resistors would i need and where would they be placed? i'd greatly appreaciate the help
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Old 04-24-2015, 07:20 AM
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So is the gauge not working at all?

Maybe its something at the sending unit that is wrong
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Old 04-24-2015, 01:49 PM
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nope its pretty much just pegged at empty
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Old 04-24-2015, 09:54 PM
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Originally Posted by 306rick
nope its pretty much just pegged at empty
and a bad sending unit could make it do that = open circuit.........ground the sending unit wire off the tank....if it goes to full then you have an issue with the unit in the tank
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