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Johnny Ears Kinda New Posts: 7	Old fuel gauge hunt Johnny Ears @johnnyears
	Jul 23, 2012 22:51:26 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Hi, I need some help please folks.. I'm tidying up an old beach buggy, and come up against a problem with obtaining the correct fuel gauge to match the tank sender unit. We changed the "dashboard" to use Smiths chrome bezel gauges. The speedo and tacho were no problem, but we can't seem to get a fuel gauge to work. We have a new tank sender fitted, and it reads from 0 - 90 ohms, we have a working voltage reg on the speedo. So, does anyone know some part numbers for smiths, vdo or jaeger fuel gauges that will definitely work on 0 - 90 ohms? Before and after pics:


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Clamity South East Posts: 707	Old fuel gauge hunt Clamity @calamity
	Jul 24, 2012 15:28:11 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	You could use a different regulator for the fuel gauge you have if you don't mind keeping it. For point of reference, my van has a 220ohm sender, but I could probably make the stock gauge work with a 90ohm sender by swapping the standard 10V stabilizer for a lower voltage one.
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Johnny Ears Kinda New Posts: 7	Old fuel gauge hunt Johnny Ears @johnnyears
	Jul 26, 2012 14:58:45 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Thanks for the reply Our problem was, we bought a Mooneyes fuel gauge 0 - 90 ohm - it turns out that the gauge that has had us pulling our hair out wasn't 0 - 90 as it stated in the listing.. so the diagnosis is ebay list error!


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