[tcb] Re: Gas Guage problems

I hear those treasure chests can make a great place to sleep.

 Jeff 




----- Original Message ----
From: Eric Woodall <eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, May 8, 2008 11:49:43 AM
Subject: [tcb] Re: Gas Guage problems

Now that I would like to see!

sammie smith wrote:
> Yeah!  That was a tounge in cheek response.  Have you ever seen Paul
> attempt to crawl in his treasure chest area, with only one door, to
> attempt to work on the fuel tank.  It is almost easier to pull the engine.
>
> */mechmark@xxxxxxxxxxx/* wrote:
>
>     On a bay window Double cab you have to remove the rear seat to
>     access the gas tank and then crawl in. I think I would prefer to
>     pull the engine.
>      
>
>         -------------- Original message --------------
>         From: sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>         Yeah, but it's a simple fix.  All you have to do is spend
>         about $100 on a new sender, remove the engine, remove the fuel
>         tank, replace the sender, and then replace all of the above. 
>         Only one hard days job.  Or you can do what some cheap VW
>         mechanics do and simply cut a hole in the body above the fuel
>         sender and replace it that way.  I hate it when the sender in
>         a bus goes bad.  May be better to just wait till the next time
>         you have the engine out and do it then.  Course if you have a
>         DC or an SC then it's simple to get the tank out, right Paul?
>
>         */Eric Woodall <eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx >/* wrote:
>
>             First, I don't think there is any adjustment.
>             Did you check to see if the gage is grounded well.
>             If it's not the gage then I can see it being a couple of
>             other things:
>             Is it a bay tank in a split? If so, did you replace the
>             split sender
>             with a bay sender?
>             Could be that the sender is old and has built up crud in
>             the tube
>             causing it to stick 3/4 up and thus not reading full on
>             the gage.
>
>
>             Dan wrote:
>             > When my tank is full my gas gauge only reads 3/4's Is
>             there a way to
>             > adjust it?
>             >
>             > -Dan
>             >
>
>
>
>


      
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