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Fuel Guage wireing
Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2004 1:02 am
by Mechman
hi guys...
back to the font of all knowledge again.
have rewired the truck.. FJ40... tiz now legal on the road as of today!!!!
problem.. i never really figured out how to wire up the fuel guage... and ran out of fuel today.
anyone point me in the right direction? bit worried i will stick a live 12volt wire under my seat!!!
thanks
fuel guage
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2004 2:24 pm
by Mechman
i know i was a bit the worse for grog when i posted this... is it a realy stupid question??.. am i just being a goober?
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2004 3:24 pm
by murcod
The sender in the tank normally works like a variable resistor, the resistance changes with the fuel level. You should just need to hook it up to the wire from the fuel guage in the instruments (??)
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2004 6:36 pm
by -Scott-
I'm with Murcod. Increasing resistance commonly indicates less fuel, if this helps.
It's not uncommon for the signal to pulse - don't understand why, but don't be disturbed if you notice this.
Cheers,
Scott
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2004 10:02 pm
by ORSM45
murcod wrote:The sender in the tank normally works like a variable resistor, the resistance changes with the fuel level. You should just need to hook it up to the wire from the fuel guage in the instruments (??)
expanding on what murcod said:
12V +ve to the guage.
from the guage to the sender
from the sender to the ground (-ve)
fuel guage
Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2004 10:40 am
by Mechman
ah, thanks guys...
i have rewired the truck, you may reacall from other pleading threads.... so i couldnt remember. sounds logical now you have spelt it out. will have to figure out how it was earthed.
thanks guys.
Rob