Fuel gauge on a 97 FLD120 bounces all over the place, I have cleaned the ground on fuel level sender. Any other suggestions to fix before I sink a lot of $ for guessing?
fuel gauge
Discussion in 'Trucks [ Eighteen Wheelers ]' started by gafred99, May 28, 2009.
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its the sending unit in the tank. its a long arm that pivots in the middle and that pivot point wears out causing the eradic reading
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good suggestion, it does it while driving and sitting still and idleing.
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ya, it's the pivot point. it gets loose. take it out and look at it, you'll see what I mean. it floats on one end so when the pivot goes out it flos not only up n down but side to side. so you don't need to be moving.
take it out, if it's not all floppy then look somewhere else. $90 each for my peterbilt. others will probably be cheaper because you dont have the glory of buying them from a pete dealer -
If you have the full skirts, thats gonna be the biggest PIA of taking it all apart to fix.
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thanks for the info because my guage dont move now i know where to look first
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My gauge is off by quite a bit. I've got two 110 gal tanks and the most I've ever put on is about 180 gallons. I only get that much on after running on E for a hundred miles or so. Typically I'm putting between 160 and 170 gallons on. How might I fix this little problem?
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