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Old Jun 18, 2007 | 09:34 PM
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fuel gauge stopped working

so yeah.. ive never had a problem with the fuel gauge before but yesterday i took a pretty hard turn down a little residential street and after that i noticed my guage not working anymore. at first i thought the harness plug came off sensor but it didnt. i just check it. what else should i check? is it common for the sender itself to go out??
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Old Jun 18, 2007 | 09:42 PM
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Your fuel gauge actually worked?





Yeah, the senders are prone to going bad.
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Old Jun 18, 2007 | 10:04 PM
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http://frosted7.com/katrina5.html

Have a look at that- might help you out.
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Old Jun 18, 2007 | 11:58 PM
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bingo..sender is out..

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Old Jun 19, 2007 | 11:22 PM
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thanx! has anyone else tried that? ill mess with it tomorrow
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Old Jun 20, 2007 | 12:45 AM
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What year is it, the 84/85 have a three wire plug at the fuel tank, the earlier ones have a two wire plug, the terminals rust out on these and you can either rebuild it yourself as I did, its in here somewhere, or buy an expensive replacement.

Steve
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Old Jun 20, 2007 | 01:39 AM
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your out of gas... fill up if this dosent fix the problem give me your car +1
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