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hi ppl. i been pulling out my hair on getting my fuel gauge
reading right. it worked fine in REVERSE so i took it out and
got a new one from rear spares so its reads correct not bakwards.
Easy fix i thought take old one out put new 1 in.
Now when full its reads 3/4 and once my tank its about half full
its reads empty. ???
an auto elec quickly tested both gauge and sender
and said both work fine but when i put sender in the tank i
get these problems.
The wire that plugs onto my sender has only 5 volts going threw it on 1/4 tank
and my gauge reads empty?????
can any one please HELP me. im going crazy and with work i
cant afford to leave me car at an auto elec
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Does the HQ have a voltage reg for the instruments?
The symptoms you describe mirror exactly what happens in a VB-VK commodore when the voltage reg fails (bot temp & fuel are affected). |
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i not sure if it has a reg.
iv tested oms , volts, grounding, i cant think of anything else
but yeah i would not have a clue if it has a reg
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I think there is a reg on the back of the gauge.
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thanks mate.
i will and look into that.
hopfully i can work this thing out soon its bad not knowing
when u low on fuel and how much u can strech it out with the fuel
prices these dayz
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I had the same thing with my HQ. There are 3-4 types of guages and 3-4 types of senders. the problem is getting a sender that matches the guage. Your best bet is to send in your sender to Rare Spares and get them to match a guage to it. They can either |
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i have had mine just fixed,i had the same problem i pulled my hair out for about 3mth,call me 0418 428 133 i can explain the problem,to hard to write it all up.cheers gts082 sam.
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I don't think there were 3 or 4, as far as I know the Q changed from mechanical to hydraulic type gauge in about mid 73, I think you can pick the different types by the colour of the needle the early type had a dark red needle the late type was a a more o
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I just had a look at a fuel gauge in the shed it has a large silver rectangular thingy on the back I assume that is the resistor.
The needle is the orangey red colour.
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My fuel gauge is totally ****ed. That's why I'm in the RAA :)
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hi yes the sender and gause changed during the 73 modles
has think is to match them.
rare spares only have the one sender witch is the new one
witch works with hq-wb.
gts o82 i will give u a call it would
be a real big help if u can let me know wa
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by the was sorry for the F### ups with me spelling
typing fast and in a hurry
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