[tcb] Re: Gas Guage problems
- From: ATX BUS <atx_bus@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 09:55:54 -0700 (PDT)
I hear those treasure chests can make a great place to sleep.
Jeff
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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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