Fuel Gauge Quit on the way home.

[LostWolf]

Hello Professors

My wife and I were on our way home from family Thanks Giving last night and my wife notices the gas gauge falling very rapidly. We had just turned onto a another road when I heard a clunk. Sounded like a rock throwen up off the tire hitting the bottem of the Wagon. She saw the guage fall so we stopped to see if the tank had a hole in it. With all the water dripping off it was hard to tell but there was no gas smell and no rainbow color in the water puddles. We took off and the guage leveled off much lower than it should have been we just filled up. Later it dropped to empty and the light came on so we stopped and filled up (only about 7 gals) so it wasn't empty. The guage stayed on empty most of the trip then started to go back up to about 3/4. This morning it went up to about 3/4 then back down. What could be causing this foating guage. I just replaced the sending unit in September.

------------------
LostWolf
87GW "SuperWagon"
360AMC, 727, NP229(Replaced), D44s
No Modifications, Yet!
TybowKites@hotmail.com
www.geocities.com/yosemite/gorge/1372 (http://www.geocities.com/yosemite/gorge/1372)

[Treadted2]

I don't have any answers, but I just wanted to comment on your hobbies. I am also into kite flying, Mountain biking and FSJ's! Just thought I would let you know. Good luck with the gauge! Maybe a broken circuit somewhere?

Ted

------------------
84' Grand Wagoneer "Dover"
-AMC 360
-Stock axles(AMC20 & Dana44), tranny & transfer case(NP229)
-MSD TFI upgrade
-K&N Air filter
-Rough Country 3" lift
-Heckelthorne Hydro shocks
-Yokohama Prodigy AT 31X10.5 tires
-American Racing 15X8 Chrome Nugget wheels
-blue fuzzy dice!!

*fuel injection and an MSD 6A ignition will soon be added. Hello 16-17 mpg!!

[justin cace]

could be a bad ground wire
that was my problom

------------------
81wag 360 tired
_________________________

rectum hell!! dam near killed him !!!

[Ralph]

I recently replaced my gas tank skid plate, and when I reassembled everything my fuel guage didn't work -- I replaced the guage two years ago, right after I bought the Jeep.

Anyway, I disconnected the batter and removed the access panel so I could wire-brush the leads to the fuel guage. A little dialectric grease, refit the leads, and it worked fine. If that doesn't do it for you, I'd suggest testing the wires themselves for continuity.

[LostWolf]

Last night I took the panel cover off and clean the leads up put them back on and it seemed to work correctly. I wanted to pull the unit but I remember someones comment about making one change at a time and see what it does, so I left it at that. I looks like it was a bad connection due to all the water under there form driving. I will have to pick up some of that dialectric grease.

Thanks for the help.

------------------
LostWolf
87GW "SuperWagon"
360AMC, 727, NP229(Replaced), D44s
No Modifications, Yet!
TybowKites@hotmail.com
www.geocities.com/yosemite/gorge/1372 (http://www.geocities.com/yosemite/gorge/1372)

[bigbry]

My gage loves to float arounf going from 1/2 to 3/4 when going up hill!!!!

I go by milage until i can get the dash off and clean the connection.........every 100 miles (1/2 a tank) usually for city driving and every 220 for highway......