Custom Dash : Gas Guage
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Custom Dash : Gas Guage
Well like some of you , i made me a custom dash........ well my gas guage needle bounces up and down while goin down the road , the only way to tell how much gas you got is to stop. i was wonderin if yalls is the same way , and what i could do to fix it. Its a AutoMeter guage.
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well i took my truck to the dealer this mornin get the carb & timin set and when i went to pick it up , i noticed the gas hand done stopped workin....... if it aint one thang its another 
........ but i gotta love my ol ferd 
........ but i gotta love my ol ferd
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sounds like the tank sending unit.
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From: Astoria Oregon
when my intake sending unit went out.. everytime id go up hill. all the gas would run away from the sending unit it say im on E but it level out and it start bouncing.. replaced it.. life was good again 
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i was parked on a hill sideways earlier and it showd i had gas , then when i parked on level ground , it showd E........ i reckon ill buy a sendin unit tomorw while im buyin my master cylinder.....
with my sendin unit bad , it want effect me gettin gas or make my truck quit will it? it just runs the gas hand , correct?
with my sendin unit bad , it want effect me gettin gas or make my truck quit will it? it just runs the gas hand , correct?
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Yea it'll be fine. I ran my truck for years with no gas gauge because the float had a hole in it and was full of gas sitting on the bottom the tank showing E all the time. I had to keep up with my mileage. LOL
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Yeah you really need a functioning gas hand when gas is expensive, and your truck has low MPG. I used to have a big block Chrysler with a broken gas gauge. I ran out of gas about once a month on average. I kept a can of gas in the trunk.
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If you have to have the whole unit, I'd say check a junkyard. My brother needed a tank and a sending unit. He went up there and they sold him the tank for $50, and threw in the sending unit for free. Just give it a good visual inspection when you go up there, and a lot of junk yards will let you trade it back in for another working one if the part doesn't work (the ones around here do).
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Correct me if I'm wrong and it does sound like it could be a sending unit, but isn't the voltage stabilizer on the back of the gauge cluster responsible for smoothing out the bounce in the needle? If you follow the line on the printed circuit it appears that the stabilizer only effects the fuel gauge.
If you needle moves at all no matter what setup you have you will see a difference on the gauge with your truck on different angles and grades. I'm not sure if your only problem is the needle bouncing, if this is the case maybe there is a version of this voltage stabilizer for the aftermarket gauge set.
If you needle moves at all no matter what setup you have you will see a difference on the gauge with your truck on different angles and grades. I'm not sure if your only problem is the needle bouncing, if this is the case maybe there is a version of this voltage stabilizer for the aftermarket gauge set.
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From: Slippery Rock, PA
I put one of these in my truck, it works great with the stock gauge and a 38 gallon tank. Its like $25 shipped. You do have to cut a hole in the tank and do some work but it is the only option for the big tank.
http://www.jcwhitney.com/autoparts/P...oup?Ntt=datcon
http://www.jcwhitney.com/autoparts/P...oup?Ntt=datcon
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