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Old Apr 13, 2009 | 05:12 PM
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I saw a thread on here about gauges and it reminded me of a question. I put a new tank and sending unit in. It will only read 1/2 a tank and the tank is full. It did the same on the 65 I used to have. How do I fix this so it will read full??

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Old Apr 13, 2009 | 07:28 PM
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Could be several things.

The float arm is not vertical, if you installed it sideways it wont make a full swing.

The guage is not getting full 5volts.

The wire between the gage and sender is frayed/cracked
Old Apr 14, 2009 | 06:37 AM
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Thanks James. I will check all of those. Jeff
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