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Old 07-05-04, 06:39 PM
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84 83 gas tank swap

I just swapped my 84 GS gas tank into my 83 GSL. I did this because the 83 tank was rusted out. I failed to notice that the 84's fuel guage sending unit connector has three wires and the 83 was only 2 wire. I know that the black wire is ground and the yellow wire is the hot to the guage. What do I do with the blue/yellow wire that ran to the 84's instrument cluster. I omitted it completely and the guage doesn't work.. Do I need to splice the yellow with the blue/yellow? Or am I out of luck.. Thanks in advance for your help.
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The extra wire is for the low fuel light.

B is ground, Y is sending unit power, YL is the low fuel light.

First test everything. It's entirely possible that the sending unit is bad. (Your old sending unit can't be swapped in?)
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The old sensor was one of the main reasons for swapping the tank. The sensor was broken off at the tank. When I dropped the tank to swap sensors, I decided to change tank and all with my parts car.

So, are you saying that the sending unit should work with only the black and yellow wires connected?
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Anyone else tried this swap before? Should I do something with this blue/yellow wire?
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