Ive done this before on my old 97... fuel gauge starts acting weird... time to replace the sender
Being its a 97, it needs the 0-90ohm sender.. which is 97 and DOWN gms..
Went to the junkyard.. found a 97 GT, tested the sender, 0-90.. good.
installed it today.. Gauge goes INSTANTLY up to the top every time.
take it out, and notice it is doing the same thing the OEM sender was doing..
Sure it reads properly.. but since it pivots on a set "rivot", if it teeter-totters the wrong way, the little fingers on the sender do not hit the "washboard" thus making the reading 124ohms (exceeding 90ohms)
No matter what i do, when it sits IN the tank in "free fall", its always 124ohms. Sure i can get my fingers kinda down there and move it, but without my fingers, gravity pulls it back, and the fingers do not touch the washboard.
I tried for 3 hours to jimmy something under the sender to SLIGHTLY push pressure towards the washboard.. Lost it in the tank, lol.
My issue is, did i get another BUM sender? Do these "overstretch" easily?
Should i just try another junkyard one?
*also, i did have the pump outside the tank, on its side, connected... Put the sender MANUALLY to the half way mark, primed it, and the gauge read 1/2 full. So the gauge and everything is perfectly fine.. its just pivoting too much and the fingers are not making contact
Being its a 97, it needs the 0-90ohm sender.. which is 97 and DOWN gms..
Went to the junkyard.. found a 97 GT, tested the sender, 0-90.. good.
installed it today.. Gauge goes INSTANTLY up to the top every time.
take it out, and notice it is doing the same thing the OEM sender was doing..
Sure it reads properly.. but since it pivots on a set "rivot", if it teeter-totters the wrong way, the little fingers on the sender do not hit the "washboard" thus making the reading 124ohms (exceeding 90ohms)
No matter what i do, when it sits IN the tank in "free fall", its always 124ohms. Sure i can get my fingers kinda down there and move it, but without my fingers, gravity pulls it back, and the fingers do not touch the washboard.
I tried for 3 hours to jimmy something under the sender to SLIGHTLY push pressure towards the washboard.. Lost it in the tank, lol.
My issue is, did i get another BUM sender? Do these "overstretch" easily?
Should i just try another junkyard one?
*also, i did have the pump outside the tank, on its side, connected... Put the sender MANUALLY to the half way mark, primed it, and the gauge read 1/2 full. So the gauge and everything is perfectly fine.. its just pivoting too much and the fingers are not making contact