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Old Sep 16, 2018 | 05:03 PM
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Have a 1954 ford truck all original except has been converted to 12 volts. I bought new sending unit and installed but needle would not move. Was told that the sending unit did not match the omhs for original gauge. Bought correct sending unit to match up with gauge and it still wont move or register. I have checked ground and added extra ground to no avail. Would appreciate any feed back. Also I checked and gauge on instrument panel is working when grounding sending unit it moves full range. Thanks.
 
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Old Sep 17, 2018 | 12:06 PM
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Have you verified that you have power to the gauge? Have you checked the wire from the gauge to the sender for continuity? Have you checked the ohm reading on the sender to make sure the gauge is working?
 
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Old Sep 17, 2018 | 01:28 PM
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Did you use Teflon tape on the sending unit? It makes a great insulator.
 
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If gage is reading empty all the time it is most likely a short in wiring. Ohms for sending unit is 73 empty and 10 Full


here is a basic diagram



here is the back of my cluster I converted to 12V also and use a reducer to drop voltage for the fuel and temp gages


 
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Old Sep 17, 2018 | 02:37 PM
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The stock gauges do not work by varying resistance. Check the many threads on this in the past, or Google "King-Seely gauges".
 
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edited my post...meant sending unit ohms
 
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