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adam_d
Firing on two.
Joined: January 9th, 2012, 11:26 am
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Location: Teesside
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 Dead Fuel gauge Hi guys,
A friend's 2CV has got a dead fuel gauge. All the wiring is good, we tried a different gauge in that worked fine, sadly, can't keep that one in there. It seems to be the actual gauge itself that has died. The needle isn't stuck, it still moves freely and slowly if you tilt the gauge, and we tried connecting a 9v battery to it to see if it moved at all but, nothing. Is there any reason as to why the actual gauge itself would stop working? All the coils inside look perfect, and there are no breaks in the wires that are soldered on.
Thanks.
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| December 10th, 2012, 1:38 am |
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Sean
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Joined: April 22nd, 2009, 11:06 pm
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Re: Dead Fuel gauge may look ok but its broke -fit another one
(Its works as a bi metallic strip wound with a resistance wire, the wire heats up and warms the bi metallic strip which expands - and moves the needle)
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| December 10th, 2012, 9:02 am |
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ayjay
Firing on two.
Joined: April 27th, 2012, 6:48 pm
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Re: Dead Fuel gauge make sure theres a live feed on one terminal, then earth the other terminal the needle should go to full, if it doesn,t the guage is kaphut
if it does the sender in the tank mabye faulty(common fault)
i think thats right---
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| December 10th, 2012, 2:33 pm |
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adam_d
Firing on two.
Joined: January 9th, 2012, 11:26 am
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Re: Dead Fuel gauge Ah ok, thanks guys. Time to search for a new gauge.
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| December 10th, 2012, 8:55 pm |
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ayjay
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Re: Dead Fuel gauge
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| December 11th, 2012, 12:19 am |
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Taskos
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Joined: February 22nd, 2012, 10:34 am
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Location: Greece
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Re: Dead Fuel gauge Sean wrote: may look ok but its broke -fit another one
(Its works as a bi metallic strip wound with a resistance wire, the wire heats up and warms the bi metallic strip which expands - and moves the needle) I believe that the di-metallic strip is found in the voltage meter and the the fuel meter was the magnetic type. 
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| December 11th, 2012, 11:40 am |
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Sean
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Joined: April 22nd, 2009, 11:06 pm
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Re: Dead Fuel gauge I have been known to be wrong ( on some things) 
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