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My fuel guage just quit working! When I turn the key on the guage pegs
quickly full counter clockwise below empty. Does this indicate a short?
Anyone else have a similar problem? Could it be the probe? Any info on
troubleshooting this syatem would be helpful! Thanks!

Byrne Lobdell

It is sounds like the sending unit. Under the rear bed on the floor about center
of the coach you will find a round metal plate about six inches with screws
around outside. Remove the plate and the sending unit in just below. Remove the
wire from top of unit and the guage should go to empty, now ground the wire and
the guage should go to full. I f this happens the guage is ok and the sending
unit is bad. This is a universal unit and is avaible from NAPA. The only thing
to pay attention to is the new unit float length has to be set to the same as
old befor installing. Good luck, Byrne
77FC35 High and dry in Louisiana

coxcox2u wrote:
My fuel guage just quit working! When I turn the key on the guage pegs
quickly full counter clockwise below empty. Does this indicate a short?
Anyone else have a similar problem? Could it be the probe? Any info on
troubleshooting this syatem would be helpful! Thanks!





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Chris Cox

Byrne, thanks so much for the info! You were a great help! Thanks!

Byrne Lobdell wrote: It is sounds like the sending
unit. Under the rear bed on the floor about center of the coach you will find a
round metal plate about six inches with screws around outside. Remove the plate
and the sending unit in just below. Remove the wire from top of unit and the
guage should go to empty, now ground the wire and the guage should go to full. I
f this happens the guage is ok and the sending unit is bad. This is a universal
unit and is avaible from NAPA. The only thing to pay attention to is the new
unit float length has to be set to the same as old befor installing. Good luck,
Byrne
77FC35 High and dry in Louisiana

coxcox2u wrote:
My fuel guage just quit working! When I turn the key on the guage pegs
quickly full counter clockwise below empty. Does this indicate a short?
Anyone else have a similar problem? Could it be the probe? Any info on
troubleshooting this syatem would be helpful! Thanks!





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Tom Warner

Before you go to all of the trouble of pulling up the carpet and then
uncapping the plate for the fuel sender etc, check the ground coming
out of the plug for the dash. Its very possible that is where the
problem is and not the float itself.

tom Warner
1982 FC35
Vernon center,NY

At 05:37 PM 2/10/2006, you wrote:
>Byrne, thanks so much for the info! You were a great help! Thanks!
>
>Byrne Lobdell wrote: It is sounds like
>the sending unit. Under the rear bed on the floor about center of
>the coach you will find a round metal plate about six inches with
>screws around outside. Remove the plate and the sending unit in just
>below. Remove the wire from top of unit and the guage should go to
>empty, now ground the wire and the guage should go to full. I f this
>happens the guage is ok and the sending unit is bad. This is a
>universal unit and is avaible from NAPA. The only thing to pay
>attention to is the new unit float length has to be set to the same
>as old befor installing. Good luck, Byrne
> 77FC35 High and dry in Louisiana
>
>coxcox2u wrote:
> My fuel guage just quit working! When I turn the key on the guage pegs
>quickly full counter clockwise below empty. Does this indicate a short?
>Anyone else have a similar problem? Could it be the probe? Any info on
>troubleshooting this syatem would be helpful! Thanks!
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Chris Cox

Thanks guys! I went down to NAPA, purchased the $35.00 universal sending unit
with guage. Installed them in about one hour and everything works great now!
Thanks again!

Tom Warner wrote: Before you go to all of the trouble of
pulling up the carpet and then
uncapping the plate for the fuel sender etc, check the ground coming
out of the plug for the dash. Its very possible that is where the
problem is and not the float itself.

tom Warner
1982 FC35
Vernon center,NY

At 05:37 PM 2/10/2006, you wrote:
>Byrne, thanks so much for the info! You were a great help! Thanks!
>
>Byrne Lobdell wrote: It is sounds like
>the sending unit. Under the rear bed on the floor about center of
>the coach you will find a round metal plate about six inches with
>screws around outside. Remove the plate and the sending unit in just
>below. Remove the wire from top of unit and the guage should go to
>empty, now ground the wire and the guage should go to full. I f this
>happens the guage is ok and the sending unit is bad. This is a
>universal unit and is avaible from NAPA. The only thing to pay
>attention to is the new unit float length has to be set to the same
>as old befor installing. Good luck, Byrne
> 77FC35 High and dry in Louisiana
>
>coxcox2u wrote:
> My fuel guage just quit working! When I turn the key on the guage pegs
>quickly full counter clockwise below empty. Does this indicate a short?
>Anyone else have a similar problem? Could it be the probe? Any info on
>troubleshooting this syatem would be helpful! Thanks!
>
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