Fuel gauge vs gas tank sending unit??

[siteunseen]

Well you know me, I got excited and didn't even try and jumper those wires again! BUT, I will when I get back to it this afternoon. When I got it loose these small plastic mint green cheerio looking things fell down the face of the gauge, they were the tops of the melted plastic post that held the bezel in place. I am gonna Gorilla super glue those spots. I went ahead and painted the aluminium trim piece a satin black and the outer housing a flat black. While waiting for the oil paint to dry, many beers, I decided to slow it down and do all I can while that panel is off. Hopefully I can wait a week and get a newer stereo, house payment is this week. It has a Jensen cassette player in there now that I've never even turned on, it looks cool though as it's late '70s, '80s style.

If I can drink beer it's not even like work! :laugh: I'm learning to take pictures of everything like you and Blue. And now I know why, too many beers and I'll forget what goes where.

[rossiz]

wait... did i hear someone say CHEERIOS???

mint green? welcome to the fellowship of strange z droppings ;}

[siteunseen]

wait... did i hear someone say CHEERIOS???

mint green? welcome to the fellowship of strange z droppings ;}

I was thinking about your thread when I typed that out.

[240260280z]

Green lens that goes over instrument lamps.

btw you can paint the inside of the instrument cans bright white to help increase the brightness of the gauges,

[240260280z]

http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/electrical-s30/47451-has-anyone-successfully-repaired-bimetal-contacts-dash-gauge.html

http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/interior-s30/41689-diy-brighter-gauge-lights.html

[siteunseen]

I've already sealed up the new connections I made at the sending unit so I tried shorting the yellow and black at the gauge. It didn't work out so I put this down the filler neck trying to raise the float

Guess what happened? yeah the T got hooked and wouldn't come out. Since I was old enough to walk, over and pick up a hand full of gravel and put in my Dad's lawnmower's tank, I've known not to put anything down the tanks hole. I'm pretty sure it was "DON'T NEVER EVER, NOT NEVER, PUT ANYTHING BUT GAAASE IN 'NAT HOLE!!". I spent 30 minutes coaxing that out, finally using a length of hard copper wire to move it. After I changed my pants and underwear I went and bought 5 gallons of gas, too simple for a man on a mission.

Here's what I have now.

It's good enough for now, I'll paint the cans this winter.

[SteveJ]

Cliff, thanks for the laugh. It's been a long work week for me.

[bartsscooterservice]

I think I've found the problem. While trying to get to rear of the cigarette lighter, which I can't without removing the heater control panel, I noticed the lens on the gauge had a gap on the right side. So I've double over some Gorilla Tape and pulled the lens off the aluminium divider between fuel and amp gauges. The needle moved! So I'm thinking the Barners I bought this car from, tapping on the gauge too hard has messed it up. The sending unit was frozen with rust and I guess they thought the gauge was the problem. I'll let y'all know what happens. And respect to EScanlon for the write up on removing that panel, RIP sir.

I found the same problem when repairing my gauges. The lens was pushing against the needle. Glad you found it. I glued my lenses and then put it back together.

[Captain Obvious]

Haha! Thanks for the laugh. Reaffirms that I'm not the only one that does stupid crap like that even when I know better!

Ever have someone else helping you and watching over your shoulder and tell them "Never do this." as your doing this?

Glad you got to the bottom of the problem!

[siteunseen]

I'll gladly give out a chuckle every now and again for all the help y'all give me. And yes sir Captain I always told the people around me "never do this" as I was doing wrong, mostly illegal, but those days are long gone. I tend to be by myself a lot in my older years, my "friends" always have a way of creating problems. That's what I like about you guys, solutions, not problems.

I'm taking some time off from my Zs, my house and garage are a mess.

Have a good weekend Z friends.

Cliff