Just finished putting the gas tank back in, started it last Sunday afternoon. Received it back last Friday from Renu, was only able to get to it after work while the sun was up. Then the rain started and today I was able to get it back up and wired. Put two gallons in it and the gauge read E so I went up and put 10 gallons more in it now the gauge pegs beyond the full and does not come back!!!, key on or off. Had the guys at Renu put in a 90 omn sender, the old sender only showed maybe a quarter and less. Now have no idea where to start or if I going to continue throwing money at it. I paid a guy to re wire the truck, yet I find cloth cover wire everywhere, I have new gauges put in yet they don't f in work worth a crap, repop speedo won't register any speed over 50 or so, so so on and on. If I do this myself I have to take forever because my back is f in messed up, so I have to trust those I get to work on it.
Ouch~ Sorry to hear that, Charles. It's not like times aren't tough enough. If someone rewired it for you, (completely) I would doubt that there should be any _old_ cloth covered wires... Maybe if you used a mirror and a flash light, you could see what under the dash looks like. Either way, that's not how anticipation should pan out...
Thanks Zig, Not as pissed as before, just tired of spending money and having to redu stuff. The tank is going to have to come out again, the new fuel tank sender will have to come out, the gauges will have to come out of the dash again, the wiring will have to be recheck to see where in the world the problem is. So far the horn, heater and fuel sender wire at the tank are the cloth. The tank redu was way more than I thought it should be, $399.25 and that was with me doing the take out and put back. I seen where Gater paid less than $300 to have one built near him. It is bad enough fixing the stuff I mess up.
The other one was only reading if at all 1/4 tank. The thing has not worked since the new clusters and the 12 volt conversion. I'm not even sure the wires are correct at the dash gauges. That tank is a pain in the arse to change around.
Hang In There Buddy ! I can tell you definitively , in time you'll look back and laugh , then you can help the NOOB's avoid the same pitfalls . The fuel gauge sender should come right out without dismounting the tank....
Nate, Thanks, You're right about the looking back. Just getting tired of doing the things over and over. Paying for things and later finding that I was shorted the service. Getting under the truck and back out is a chore. I'll see if I can get the gauge out. Then check I hope and see if the wiring is correct.
Imagine How _I_ Feel ! I wonder how many tens of thousands of valves I've adjusdted since the 1960's..... DON'T take the gauge head out! . Look up my old Fuel Gauge posts and follow the uber simple testing regimine step by step , no skippoing or doing out of sequence , you'll save time , money and aggravation most of all . O.K. ? . keep a stiff upper lip there as our British freind says .
