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gas guage not working
Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 9:46 pm
by norcal pinz
hi all, my gas guage is not working ,how do i test it .right now i have the gas tank off and i can easily get to the sending unit any help will be appreceated
sending unit
Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 10:14 pm
by pinzdriver
First you did not have to pull the tank off to access the sending unit there is a small pnl in the upper right corner of the bed with 4 screws and you can get to it from there.
As for testing it you need a 24 volt test light turn on the key and with the test light and see if you get a pulse if so you may have a dead sending unit. You can also disasemble the unit and see if there is any broken wires in side too.
hope this helps
tony in az
Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2008 1:55 am
by Lightningpinz
A real quick way to check is gound the sending unit wire and check for an empty reading, then open the sendin unit wire and check for a full tank reading. if that is what you get, then sending unit is bad, otherwise look at guage
Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2008 8:37 pm
by McCall Pinz
Check the gauge's ground behind the dash too
Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2008 1:21 am
by norcal pinz
no i went a little over board and started taking my pinz apart first the windshield came off then the gas tank and tool boxes i decided to do some rust repair and i just wanted to get to bare bones !i am going to have all kinds of questions when i put it all back together!
Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 3:27 am
by WolfgangK
There's a good description here:
http://www.sdp-pinzgauer.org/html/fuel_gauge.html
Cheers Wolfgang