bucks77ford said:

I've had this problem ever since I hooked up the wiring for the sending unit, but just now getting to look at the problem. I only get the needle to barely move when hooked up. The sending unit was supplied by aerotanks and I initially thought they supplied me with a "universal sending unit", but I check the ohms on empty and full and they ranged around 8-10 to around 80, so it should be compatible with the fuel gauge. I grounded the fuel sending wire and I did get the fuel gauge to swing to the full position. I am now considering I just have a bad fuel gauge. I have another gauge out of another cluster so I will probably try that, but wanted to see what might else be the problem. Everything else in the cluster works fine.


Just noticed: I misspelled "Gauge". LOL

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blacksnapon said:

Try grounding the body of the sending unit.

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bucks77ford said:

Just noticed: I misspelled "Gauge". LOL

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TexasNomad said:

They would have never let me lived that down....
Why are you running that truck on 85?

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bucks77ford said:

Well, my compression ratio came out to be 10.5:1 which wasn't my original plan. I had my brother help me build the motor because I'm not much of an engine guru. The stroker kit that I got was made for street use, but that's what everything came out to be with a smaller cam. So, since I have Ethanol in my area, I'd thought I'd go that route and see what happens.

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bucks77ford said:

Must have just been the gauge. I replaced it with another one I had and seems to work fine. Now I just need to redo the needle because the paint is all wore off.

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