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Decided to do the non working gas guage on the
'new' 62 first. I'll be doing a saga with photos but since this is a
timely topic, I'll describe it now.
When I grounded the wire from the sending unit, the
gas guage went to full which told me the instrument panel side was OK. I
then syphoned about 10 gal of gass out. (Yum, tastes just like
jello! yeah yeah I know)
I then tapped off the seating ring, cut off the gas
hose which was rotten anywan and removed the sending unit. The float was
full of gas so it was a good thing I got a spare when I picked up one for the
300 at the ford place. It is an EXACT replacement!
While I had it out, I decided to check the
windings. Taking a couple wires with alligator clips on each end. I
hooked the sending unit up as if it was in the tank (wire from sending unit to
the sending unit wire connector and another wire from the sending unit ring
ground to ground.
I had intermittent readings so I took the coil off
and gently sanded it. Reassembled I checked it with an Ohmmeter. It
should read about .08Kohm when empty and .018 at full.
Put everything back together and put some gas in
and it works fine. Time will tell if there are any 'dead' spots but I
doubt if there are.
There is not much to these units. It's
nothing more than a curved tapered piece of baklite with small wire wrapped
around it. Unless the wire is broken, it should be an easy fix as it can
only be a corrosion or bad ground.
Photos when I get time to write the
page.
KerryP
Patch panels fabricated Pinkertonk@xxxxxxxxx dte.net/57imperial Imperials -- 50 Limo, 57 roadster, 61's, 62, 68 Convert, 73, a 66 300 and a bunch of lesser marques |
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