grdwalker Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 finally found a replacement for the fuel sender unit in my mk2 esky and this ones even worse, no signal whatsoever, (effectively zero fuel all the time) as im about to drive to auckland from christchurch, was wondering if there are any units i can buy retail new from a shop that will do the same job, or am i gonna ned to new gauges etc? or is there a repair i can do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldrx Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 You will need to know what resistance your gauge needs to read properly for a start. One option; http://www.zillion.co.nz/listing/10878612/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QCADTA Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 was told they are 10-80 ohm by retep*** on here so they are odd ball. just replacin the lot, gauge and sender myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldrx Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 VDO is 0-90 might work ok? http://egauges.com/vdo_send.asp?Sender=0_90ohms ^^ this site also has the cheapest prices on common gauges VDO Autometer etc i could find when I was looking for gauges. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QCADTA Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 got one of these on its way off trade me for $56 delivered Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lump Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 If you can get into the resistance coil itself you should be able to see whats wrong. On my sender units there was a steel box where the resistance coil was located at the pivot point of the float arm. I had to prise up 3 steel tabs to get into this. Mine had problems with rust and old fuel varnish covering the resistance coil inside; I used rust killer and old petrol to remove this. next check the sweeper arm (this should move with the float arm) is making contact with the resistance coil. (also check that with the full movement of the float arm that the sweeper arm won't foul the cover - which can bend the sweeper arm leading to no readings.) If the resistance coil itself is broken you can get them re-wound at an instrument specialist - they'll know what resistance is needed etc. (Sounds like you need this fixed in a hurry so this probably won't be an option) Let us know how you get on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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