1956 Fury Fuel Gauge Freakout! WTH?
ABloch
Posted 2019-09-06 12:04 AM (#587133)
Subject: 1956 Fury Fuel Gauge Freakout! WTH?



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Went to the gas station today and filled the tank. Pulled out and jumped on the freeway and I noticed the fuel gauge freaking out!

Never seen this before. I suppose it has to do with sending unit being over stimulated. Or something.....

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56D500boy
Posted 2019-09-06 1:44 AM (#587141 - in reply to #587133)
Subject: RE: 1956 Fury Fuel Gauge Freakout! WTH?



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Like all our analogue gauges, they need a good 12V reference signal and typically a good ground. So your issue could be related to an intermittent voltage regulator issue or a flaky ground. Or something else, i.e. a flaky rheostat winding in the sender.

Good luck.

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ronbo97
Posted 2019-09-06 3:14 PM (#587167 - in reply to #587141)
Subject: RE: 1956 Fury Fuel Gauge Freakout! WTH?


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Agree that it's a loose ground. I'll bet that if the car is standing still, it's not jumping around like that.

IIRC, it's grounded thru the tank. So I would bet that the sending unit is loose. There is a rubber O-ring that goes between the sending unit and the tank. Verify that that is in place and that it's holding the sending unit firmly against the retainer.

Ron

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