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Old 12-01-2016, 01:28 AM   #19
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Default Re: 1955 fuel gauge sender

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Originally Posted by dmsfrr View Post
I suspect having the dash gauge regulator also in the circuit is reducing the voltage/current a bit too much to allow the fuel gauge to 'warm up' in a normal amount of time.
By golly, I think you're on to something here. But if he disconnects the constant voltage regulator from the fuel guage and runs a separate wire from the coil terminal of the start switch to feed the guage it means there will be 12 volts connected to a 6 volt guage. Won't it read double the actual amount of fuel?

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Maybe it was thru the steel fuel line from the tank to the frame, but that seems like a suspiciously bad idea to me.
I think you've hit the nail on the head! It must be grounded via the fuel line connected to the car frame by those little push-in clips. I pondered like you wouldn't believe how it worked, but never thought of the fuel line!
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